A Tale of Two Colonies
This explorer is known for his role in the establishment of the first permanent English settlement in North America, Jamestown.
Who is John Smith?
This colony was originally established by the Dutch as New Netherland before being taken over by the English and renamed after the Duke of York.
What is New York?
The person that discovered New York Bay
Who was Henry Hudson?
The year that Georgia established as a colony
What happened in 1733?
Middle Passage was the journey that all slaves had to make to reach the colonies
What was the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The name of the document created by the Pilgrims in 1620, establishing a self-governing compact before they disembarked the Mayflower.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Founded by James Oglethorpe, this "buffer colony" was established partly to provide a new start for English debtors and to defend against Spanish-controlled Florida.
What is Georgia?
The plan that the Dutch West used to make money
What was the Fur Tray?
The people who were mainly established in Georgia
What were the Debtors?
A three-way trade between the Americas, Africa, and Europe
What was the Triangular Trade?
This later Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by Puritans, who unlike the Pilgrims, did not want to fully separate from the Church of England, but rather reform it.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Seeking religious freedom, this pacifist group, led by William Penn, founded Pennsylvania and upheld a policy of friendly relations with Native Americans.
Who are the Quakers?
The king for England that took control of New Amsterdam
Who was King Charles II?
Things that governed Georgia
What are the Laws?
An open form of resistance, typically violent.
What is Overt Resistance?
The name of the series of hearings and prosecutions in Massachusetts during the 1690s, fueled by religious extremism and social paranoia.
What are the Salem Witchcraft Trials?
The brutal and inhumane sea journey that brought millions of enslaved Africans across the Atlantic, including Olaudah Equiano, to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
The price for Manhattan Island
What are the Trinkets?
Things that Georgia became in 1752
What was the Royal Colony?
Non-violent opposition to authority, especially a refusal to cooperate with legal requirements
What is Passive Resistance?
This term refers to the English settlers who founded the Plymouth Colony and were considered separatists from the Church of England.
What are the Pilgrims?
This term refers to the three regions—New England, Middle, and Southern—which housed the English settlements that would eventually declare their independence.
What are the 13 English colonies?
The three cultural contributions of the Dutch that are still popular in America
What were Easter, Santa Claus, and Bowling?
Slaves in Georgia
What does zero represent?
Things restricted the rights and activities of slaves
What are the Slave Codes or Strict Laws?