Rhode Island
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
Who founded New Hampshire?
Thomas Hooker
Who founded Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
Who founded Massachusetts?
John Winthrop
Which group was referred to as Separatists?
Plymouth
Who were the Indians that Roger Williams aligned with
The Narragansett Indians
What were New Hampshire's first permanent European settlements?
Odirone Point, Dover Point
What was the name of the trade that was so important to Connecticut?
Triangle Trades
Which college founded by the Puritans in Massachusetts is now a well known university?
Harvard
The social life of New England colonists revolved around what?
Church
What was the name of the bay in which Roger settled and created Providence?
Narragansett Bay
What was the name of the one book schools in the Plymouth colony used to teach the alphabet, syllables, and prayer?
Trade
What are three ways that people made a living after attention was shifted from agriculture?
Fishing, Ship-Building, and Whaling
What was used to practice civic life in the New England colonies?
Town Meetings
How did rum play a role in the Slave Trade?
Rum was used as a form of currency to buy slaves
Because they lived in a subsistence economy, what was the purpose of farming?
To feed their own families
What was the main religion of Connecticut?
Puritanism
Why did the Salem Witch Trials occur?
The Puritans were paranoid of the devil
What brought the Puritans and Pilgrims to New England?
To pursue religious freedom and escape from the religious prosecution in England.
What was the year in which Roger secured a charter for Rhode Island?
1644
Who was New Hampshire's first governor after gaining independence from Massachusetts?
Benning Wentworth
When did Connecticut officially become a state?
1788
What form of government did the Massachusetts Bay Colony serve as?
A Theocracy
What industries were the New England Colonies known for?
Shipbuilding and Whaling industries