Which town became a refuge for Hugeunots, French Protestants seeking religious freedom?
Charleston, SC
100
English Quaker colonizer in America. He founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681.
William Penn
100
English colonist in America
John Smith
100
Founded by Roger Williams
RI
200
What was Charles Town later called?
Charleston
200
Which crops were the soil and climate of the Middle Colonies suitable for?
tobacco, rice, & indigo
200
The first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
200
a colony with a single owner
proprietary colony
200
Dutch and Swedes fought over settlement. In 1664 England got involved and defeated the Dutch. It then became an English royal colony.
DE
300
What is a royal colony?
a colony ruled by governors appointed by a king
300
Name the Middle Colonies.
NY, NJ, PA, & DE
300
Members of the group that rejected the church of England, sailed to America and founded the Plymouth Colony in 1620
Pilgrims
300
A set of laws that were established in 1639 by a puritan congregation who had settled in the Connecticut Valley and that expanded the idea of representative government.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
300
Lord Baltimore established this colony for Roman Catholics
MD
400
Who founded GA?
James Oglethorpe
400
By the early 1700s, how many English colonies were there?
13
400
an agreement established by the men who sailed to America on the Mayflower, which called for laws for the good of the colony and set forth the idea of self-government
Mayflower Compact
400
A business in which investors pool their wealth in order to turn a profit
joint-stock company
400
James Oglethorpe founded as refuge for debtors
GA
500
Which colony was founded as a refuge for debtors?
GA
500
Which geological feature formed a logical western boundary for the colonies?
the Appalachian Mountains
500
Created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies.
House of Burgesses
500
The movement of puritans from England to establish settlements around the world, including 20,000 who sailed to America
Great Migration
500
Pilgrims who sailed on the Mayflower established this colony