1st Settlements
What was England’s first successful colony? Who established it?
Jamestown, Virginia Company
What group of people established the New England Colonies?
The Puritans
What crop grew very well in the Middle colonies?
wheat
What challenges did poor colonists face?
1. Losing their land 2 Having to work for the wealthy 3. Could not vote
Puritan
A group of people who wanted to change the Church of England. Merchants, landowners and lawyers.
What newcomers to America arrived in Jamestown in 1619?
African Americans
What was one reason the Purtians asked Roger to leave their colony?
1. Told them to leave the CHurch of England or 2. Said they should pay Native Americans.
What is the nickname of the Middle Colonies?
America's breadbasket
What religious group founded the Southern colonies?
Protestants.
presidio
military post
Who founded the Plymouth Colony?
Pilgrims or Seperatists
What were some geographical features of New England?
Rocky Hilly land, cold climate, timber resources, and fish
What was Penn's Holy experiment?
To vote in the Southern colonies you must have what?
land
Metacom
Also known as King Phillip was a Native American who started a war.
What was the House of Burgesses?
A representative government where colonists picked who that wanted making laws.
What was King Phillip's goal in his war?
To stop Puritan Expansion.
Who were the Quakers? What made them different from other religious groups at the time?
A religious group in England. 1. Women were treated equally 2. Didn't believe in slavery 3. No Ministers.
Who established the colony of Georgia and why?
James Oglethorpe to give debtors a safe place to life. His friend died in person because of the poor conditions.
Who was Nathanial Bacon and what did he do?
Lead Bacon's rebellion. Poor colonists pushed out of town by the wealthy marched into Jamestown and burned it down.
This document gave the American colonists the right to govern themselves.
Mayflower Compact
Name all 4 people asked to leave Massachusetts Bay.
Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, and John Wheelright.
Where was Penn's Holy Experiment?
Pennsylvania
What were 4 differences between living in the Tidewater vs. the Backcountry?
rich vs poor
owning land vs "borrowing" land
mansion vs one-room shake
slave work vs having to work yourself including women and children.
A document issued by the government that grants specific rights to people or companies to start colonies.
Charter