Law
This was the center of politics of the New England colonies, where people talked about and decided issues of local interest such as how to pay for schools
What is a town meeting?
This colony was founded by a minister named Thomas Hooker in 1636. His “Fundamental Orders” document was the first to allow men who were not church members to vote.
What is Connecticut?
Members of this religious denomination settled in Pennsylvania. They were radically progressive for their time: they were abolitionists, pacifists, and believed in gender equality.
Who were the Quakers?
A half Native American and half Black sailor who was killed during the Boston Massacre.
Who is Crispus Attucks?
"Join or Die" is an example of Patriot ____________ drawn by Ben Franklin in an effort to unite the colonies against British tyranny.
What is propaganda?
This is the name of the type of legal document that acknowledged that the king had given his permission to someone to found a colony in the New World.
What is a charter?
Roger Williams supported the separation of church and state in this colony, which he helped to start.
What is Rhode Island?
This religious group wanted to purify the Church from within, but when they failed, they sought freedom from persecution in the New World.
Who were the Puritans?
A philosopher who thought that people had natural rights such as equality and liberty
Who was John Locke?
This man plagiarized a Boston Massacre etching originally drawn by Henry Pelham. He was also a Son of Liberty.
Who was Paul Revere?
This act required colonists to pay for an official stamp or seal when they bought paper items (legal documents, newspapers, licenses, playing cards) and marked the first time Parliament tried to tax the colonists directly.
What is the Stamp Act?
This colony was founded by the Puritans, who later merged with the Pilgrims of Plymouth. (The Salem Witch Trials took place here!)
What is Massachusetts?
This religious group settled in Plymouth colony and wanted to separate from the Church of England.
Who were the Pilgrims?
The cousin of Sam Adams and the second president of the US, he was a lawyer who defended the British troops after the Boston Massacre.
Who was John Adams?
This man was the founder of Georgia. He originally intended for the colony to be a haven for debtors and a place where slavery was illegal.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
These laws governed the behavior of slaves in the colonies and were particularly harsh in the South.
What are slave codes?
This colony was a part of Pennsylvania until 1776.
What is Delaware?
The Toleration Act of 1649, the first law supporting religious tolerance in the colonies, protected Catholics from persecution. It was enacted in the colony of ___________.
What is Maryland?
This former indentured servant started a rebellion because he disagreed with the Jamestown governor's policy that colonists should not be allowed to take Native American land.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
This colony’s original proprietors managed affairs so poorly that the government was overthrown in 1719.
What was South Carolina?
This document reduced the powers of the English monarch and gave Parliament more power.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This colony was squarely on the frontier between British and French territories, and was the subject of lots of land disputes.
What is New Hampshire?
This religious movement swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s, drawing people from different religions, classes and races.
What is the Great Awakening?
This Native American princess was the wife of John Rolfe. Her marriage resulted in a strategic alliance between the Powhatan and English colonists.
Who was Pocahontas?
This document was the first to establish the principles of self-government in *one of* the colonies. It set forth principles for the protection of the general good and served as an important precedent for the future United States of America.
What was the Mayflower Compact?