the right of a person accused of a crime to be tried by a jury, or group, of fellow citizens
What is trial by jury?
100
A religious movement started by a Dutch minister in the Middle Atlantic Colonies that called for greater freedom of choice in religion
What is the Great Awakening?
100
A person who comes into a country to make a new home
What is an immigrant?
100
An area of land
What is a township?
100
A safe place.
What is a refuge?
200
Fairness
What is justice?
200
A volunteer army
What is a militia?
200
A yearly calendar and weather forecast that helps farmers know when to plant crops
What is an almanac?
200
The land between the Coastal Plain and the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the backcountry?
200
The part of a house located between the ceiling and the roof
What is a loft?
300
This dude first led the Great Awakening.
Who is George Whitefield?
300
This dude received parts of NJ and NY from the Duke of York.
Who is John Berkeley?
300
The first person to buy Manhattan from the Manhattan Native Americans for twenty dollars and some trinkets.
Who is Peter Minuit?
300
This dude was named director general of New Netherland
Who is Peter Stuyvessant?
300
This dude bought John Berkeley's share of New Jersey.
Who is Edward Byllinge?
400
This Native American exchanged wampum with William Penn which was considered a sign of friendship.
Who is Tamened?
400
Name a group of people who were not accepted and treated fairly in the New Amsterdam area.
Who are the Jews?
400
This is the year that English warships sailed into the harbor at New Amsterdam to fight Peter Stuyvesant and the other Dutch colonists.
What is 1644?
400
Colonial cities such as Philadelphia could not produce everything they needed, so they relied on imports. What is one thing they imported?
What are bananas, manufactured goods, etc.?
400
Cities, such as Philadelphia, also exported goods to other countries. What was one possible reason for this?
What is to make money?
500
Philadelphia was a popular destination to immigrants. Name two reason why.
What is it was a refuge from war, a safe place to worship, and provided an economic opportunity for them.
500
Name two reasons why people moved to the backcountry.
What is it provided them with a different way of living than being in the city, allowed people to farm, and was viewed at as giving them a fresh, new way of life.
500
What role did corn have when grown together with beans and squash?
What is it provided a stalk for the beans to grow?
500
What purpose did the squash have when grown together with corn and beans?
What is it covered the ground between the corn stalks, which prevented weed growth?
500
Why do you suppose the Dutch colonists refused to fight the English when they sailed in the New Amsterdam harbor in 1644?