Days 11-12
Who wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution?
William Penn
Why might someone agree to be an indentured servant?
To work for their passage to America
Who blamed the government for not clearing their colony of Natives?
Nathaniel Bacon and other colonists
How did Carolina not develop as the proprietors had planned?
It split into North and South Carolina
What religion was the foundation of all 13 colonies?
Christianity
Which colonies had coastal plains, rolling hills, and mountains?
The Middle Colonies
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
Quakers
What marked the beginning of English colonization in NA?
The settlement of Jamestown
The attack on Native and town hall became known as what?
Bacon's Rebellion
What was the last British colony to set up in America?
Georgia
Why did most colonists come to America?
Which colonies were formed to offer religious freedom?
The New England Colonies
The Duke of York divided his colony how?
the land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers
Why was the colony of Maryland founded?
To be a safe place for Catholics
What colony did King Charles II create that meant "Charles's Land" in Latin?
Carolina
What two crops dominated Carolina agriculture?
What is one of the main differences between the 13 colonies?
geography
How did each of the groups of colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern) make money?
New England: fishing and trade
Middle: farming and trade
Southern: Cash crops/farming
What two people were the proprietors of New Jersey?
Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret
Who settled boundary disputes between Maryland and Pennsylvania? (First AND last names)
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
Carolina was set up using what type of ownership?
A proprietary system
What ports did North and South Carolina use?
North Carolina: Virginia
South Carolina: Charleston
Massachusetts and Virginia are ___________ colonies
royal
charter
Name the 4 Middle colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware
What colony was under the authority of Pennsylvania's governor?
Delaware
What was passed to allow people the right to worship freely in Maryland?
The Act of Toleration
Who wrote a constitution for Carolina? (First AND Last Name)
John Locke
Why was Georgia founded?
To have a colony where debtors and the poor could start fresh
What is a democracy?
A government where the people elect representatives
Name the 5 Southern Colonies
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia