This colony was founded in 1663 and eventually split into two.
What is Carolina/North & South Carolina?
100
this cash crop, grown by colonists during the 1600s and 1700s, became MOST important to
England
What is tobacco?
100
Founder of Pennsylvania and Philadelphia who upported democracy & religious freedom across his colony
Who is William Penn?
100
Called "the Great Charter", it was accepted by King John in 1215 and set the foundation for representative government. The basic rights that Americans today enjoy are based on this
What is the Magna Carta?
100
This woman spoke out against Puritan rule ans was banished to Rhode Island,
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
200
The reason for starting this colony of Georgia
to make a settlement for people imprisoned because of debt (debtors)
200
What part of Triangular Trade transported slaves to the Americas?
What is The Middle Passage?
200
Frustrated by their broken hopes of acquiring land and getting rich, he led a group to fight against Governor Berkeley of Virginia. Died shortly after his rebellion from an illness?
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
200
Which religious group of North American colonists first developed a system of self-government?
Who are the Pilgrims?
200
This religious group had their own colony & believed in nonviolence
What are Quakers?
300
Why did settlers decide on the Eastern Coast of North America as opposed to elsewhere in the New World?
It allowed them to stay better connected with England across the Atlantic Ocean.
300
Companies owned by individual investors who would combine their money in support a colony that would hopefully produce a profit
What were joint-stock companies?
300
Two Parts: He provides effective leadership & helps saves Jamestown. He brings tobacco the Jamestown & marries Pocahontas.
Who are John Smith/John Rolfe?
300
Some founders of American colonies received “proprietary charters.” What did these charters allow
them to do?
Allowed them to organize institutions to govern the colonies
300
This is where wealthy children would get an education in the New World.
What is a Dame School?
400
Name TWO colonies & an important figure in their founding.
Answers vary - James Oglethorpe, John Winthrop, Roger Williams, Lord Baltimore, et al
400
THREE PARTS: this economic term means an amount over that which is needed/money left over after paying the costs of doing business/a crop used as the dominant part of people's diet & for survival instead of sales
What is a surplus/profit/staple crop?
400
This Black woman was a freed slave who gained fame for her poetry in the New World & back in Europe.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
400
Explain all the parts of Triangular Trade - who, what, where
Answers vary.
400
Two parts: religious revival that swept through the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s. This was a cultural and intellectual movement that challenged old traditions and emphasized reason
What is the Great Awakening/The Enlightenment?
500
Identify all 13 Colonies and if group them within New England, the Middle Colonies & the Southern Colonies.
New England:
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Middle Colonies:
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Southern:
Maryland
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Georgia
500
economic theory that trade leads to wealth and occurs by governments finding competitive balances
What is mercantilism?
500
Who is Metacom? Who is King Phillip? What makes these names significant?
TRICK QUESTION: They are the same person. The chief to the Wampanoag people who led his tribe in the bloodiest conflict between Colonists & Natives (King Phillip's War).
500
a period from 1607-1763 in which England did not strictly enforce Parliamentary laws, which allowed the colonies to flourish as almost independent states for many years. Had benefits and problems for the Colonies.
What is salutary neglect?
500
TWO PARTS: The first ELECTED representative assembly in the British American colonies was called/The first agreement for self government to be created and enforced in America
What are Virginia House of Burgesses/the Mayflower Compact?