Heading Down South
New England
Government Policy and Structure
Religion
Surprise!
100

This colony was the first permanent English colony founded in 1607

Jamestown (Virginia)

100

These 4 Colonies were all part of the New England Region.  List them

Massachusetts

Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Hampshire

100

Name for the Government created in Massachusetts

Mayflower Compact

100

This particular form of Christianity believed in predestination and that only a select few "the elect" will get into heaven.

Calvinists or Puritans

100

This violent uprising in Virginia was largely due to poor farmers being stopped from moving West for land.

Bacon's Rebellion

200

Economic Incentive that provided a large amount of land to people who paid to bring indentured servants to the colonies.

Headright System

200

This famous speech spoke about Boston (Massachusetts) being an example to the rest of the world.  What's the name of that speech?

City on a Hill

200

Name for the local form of government in Virginia

House of Burgesses

200

This form of Christianity is quite similar to the Catholic Church except they don't believe in the Pope.

Anglicans or Church of England

200

This guy decided to leave Massachusetts and establish the Colony of Connecticut.  What's his name?

Thomas Hooker

300

While both colonies are considered to be in the South, Maryland and Virginia are also referred to as the _______

Chesapeake Region


300
This vocab card is how Puritan Church members tried to encourage younger generations to be active members of the Church.

Halfway Covenant

300

Economic belief that European countries should create and control Colonies for resources to make the European country as wealthy as possible

Mercantilism

300
This New England town underwent almost a year of hysteria after numerous people were accused and killed for witchcraft.  Name the town AND colony!

Salem Masschusetts

300

This is the name for the circulation of goods between Europe, West Africa, and the colonies of North America.

Triangle Trade

400

This southern colony was largely made up of poor farmers who had small tobacco farms.

North Carolina

400

This woman had the bravery to question Puritan belief systems in Massachusetts and was banished for speaking her mind.

Anne Hutchinson


400

This intellectual movement in Europe became very popular in certain areas of the colonies causing leaders to focus on solving problems through reason and science instead of religion.

Enlightenment

400

This movement (led by figures such as Jonathan Edwards) was a response to the Enlightenment and tried to get people to return to their traditional religious ways.

Great Awakening.

400

This slave rebellion in South Carolina frightened many plantation owners who would then go on to pass even more oppressive Slave Codes.

Stono Rebellion

500

Although some colonies allowed for other religious faiths, most southern colonists practiced which form of Christianity.

Anglican Church

500

This fella decided Massachusetts wasn't for him and left to establish the Rhode Island Colony.  Who is he?

Roger Williams


500

This political philosopher argued that although people acknowledge that government can create laws/rules...Governments cannot take away peoples' Natural Rights

John Locke

500

While these people believed God created the universe, they also believed that God was not interfering with human events and it is up to people to use reason to understand why events are happening

Deists

500

This native tribe originally had a peaceful relationship with the settlers of Jamestown before getting into more violent confrontations over time.

Powhatan Confederacy

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