Colonies
Name the 4 New England colonies
-Massachusetts
-New Hampshire
-Rhode Island
-Connecticut
This leader of England gave the Virginia Company of London the funds to establish the new colony of Jamestown (where they get their name).
Who was King James I?
Although the Pilgrims and Puritans both left England to escape religious persecution, which group was forced to create their own laws and social rules because they landed outside the rule of Virginia?
Who were the Pilgrims?
Which Colony?
The Winter of 1609-1610 was called the Starving Time.
The Winter of 1620-1621 was called the Starving Time.
-Jamestown
-Plymouth
The British and French were fighting over whether or not this area was part of the British or French Empire.
The Ohio River Valley
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Name the three important parts of the New England economy (the money makers)
This man brought tobacco to the Virginian (Jamestown) economy and married Pocahontas to form peace with the Powhatan people.
This religious group had more tolerance for women in the colony of Plymouth, Massachusetts.
Who were the Pilgrims?
-Outbreaks of famine and disease
-Lack of preparation/poor farming abilities
-Fighting Native Americans
were all problems that the __________ colony faced
Jamestown
This document ended the French and Indian War.
The Treaty of Paris
Name the 4 Middle colonies
-New York
-Pennsylvania
-New Jersey
-Deleware
This religious leader of Rhode Island disagreed with the leaders of Massachusetts because he believed in separation of the church and state (no church in government business).
He also believed that Native Americans should be paid for their land.
Who is Roger Williams?
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This man was the religious leader of the Puritans that established the Massachusetts Bay colony.
Name the Native American group that the merchants in the Jamestown colony fought with.
Name the Native American group that the Pilgrims in Plymouth cooperated with (Squanto).
-Powhatan (20 years of war because of fighting over resources and land)
-Wampanoag (with help from Squanto learned to farm and trade)
The French and Indian War is also referred to as the Spark of:
The Spark of the American Revolution
Name the 5 Southern colonies
-Virginia
-Maryland
-North Carolina
-South Carolina
-Georgia
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This leader was appointed by the Dutch to run the colony of New York as a trading post for exchanging furs.
First comes the ________ Church
Then comes the __________ (Martin Luther)
Next comes the Church of __________, an Anglican Church
Two groups break off: the ____________ who want to purify and the __________ that want to completely separate from the Anglicans
-Catholic
-Protestants
-England
-Puritans
-Pilgrims
What was Jamestown's economy based on? (1 crop)
What about Plymouth's economy? (3 industries)
-Tobacco (originally looked for silver/gold)
-Fur (hunting/trading), fishing (whaling), and shipbuilding (timber)
This area of land was given up by the French after the war was ended.
Canada and all land east of the Mississippi River
Trade was vital to both of these sets of colonies, making them similar.
*Middle
*New England
*Southern
New England and Middle colonies
The two most important accomplishments of William Penn's colony, Pennsylvania
-Religious freedom (yay for Quakers!)
-Established an elected assembly (yay for democracy!)
Name the three groups pushed out of Europe because of religious persecution.
-Catholics
-Puritans
-Pilgrims
How does that differ from the Plymouth Colony?
-Pilgrims at Plymouth signed the Mayflower Compact swearing to follow laws; got along well because they had families, not just merchants
These two actions ordered by England's government at the end of the war made colonists very angry.
-Higher taxes to pay for the war
-Unfair rules of government