Southern Colonies
The first settlement of the English Colonies.
What is Jametown?
The New England Colonies were founded by these groups because they wanted to escape religious persecution.
Who are the Pilgrims and the Puritans?
The first colony of the Middle Colonies was name this.
What is New Netherland?
This document gave the government in the colonies their power.
What is a charter?
Out of fear of a slave revolt the Southern Colonies passed these laws.
What are slave codes?
The Southern Colonies consisted these present day states.
What is Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia?
This was the first settlement of the New England Colonies in 1620.
What is Plymouth Rock?
The Middle Colonies is made of these present day states.
What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware?
This person was considered the head of the government in a colony.
Who is the governor?
The United States has three branches of government; in this branch they have two houses and make the laws.
What is the Legislative Branch?
These are the items that the Southern Colonies depended on for their economy.
What is tobacco, rice, indigo, and tar?
The New England Colonies consisted of these present day states.
What are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire?
The first group of enslaved Africans were brought to the Middle Colonies by this group.
What is the Dutch West India Company?
King James II united the Northern colonies under this type of government.
What was the Dominion of New England?
The Legislative Branch is a bicameral legislature; with two houses named this.
What are the Senate and the House of Representatives?
Under this colonist received 50 acres of land for paying their own way to Virginia.
What is the Headright System?
The main government of Massachusetts that consisted of two houses was called this.
What was the General Court?
The religious group Quakers supported these movements.
What is nonviolence and religious tolerance of all people?
This law forbid colonist from trading sugar and cotton with other countries.
What was the Navigation Act of 1660?
In 1681 this king granted William Penn a colony.
Who is King Charles II?
This bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.
What is the Toleration Act of 1649?
During this year the General Court stated that a school must be established in townships of this many families.
What is 1647 and 50 families?
During this year the Duke of York sold Delaware to William Penn.
What is 1682.
After George Washington was defeated in 1754 this war started.
What is the French and Indian War?
The first political cartoon in the colonies stated this.
What is Join or Die?