NATIVE AMERICANS
As the Massachusetts colony grew larger, it spread into the lands of which Native American tribe?
Wampanoag
What was the war waged by Metacom and the Wampanoag known as?
King Philip’s War
William Penn’s father commanded the ship that brought Charles II back to England. In gratitude for this, what did Charles II do for him?
He made him and admiral and a knight.
What religious group did William Penn start meeting with during his time at Oxford?
The Society of Friends of the Truth, aka the Quakers
Why didn’t the people of England like the new king, James II?
They were afraid he would make England a Catholic country.
Who was the king of the Wampanoag tribe?
Metacom
During the war between the Native Americans and the English, what did the Native Americans do with the colonists they captured?
They released them in exchange for money and weapons.
What did William Penn’s father do for Charles II?
He loaned the king sixteen thousand pounds.
Why were the Quakers often thrown into jail?
They would not remove their hats in the presence of the king.
Who did the English Protestants asked to come to England and be the king and queen?
William III of Orange and Mary II
What did John Sassamon try to warn the governor of Plymouth about?
King Metacom was raising an army to fight the English.
At what kind of place did the English colonists attack Metacom’s warriors and the Narragansetts?
The Middle of a Swamp
The king of England still owed the Penn family sixteen thousand pounds. Instead of asking for money, what did William Penn ask the king to pay him back with?
He asked the king to give him land in North America.
Why did William Penn have to give up the idea of becoming a soldier?
Quakers believed that fighting was wrong.
Why did William Penn have to go into hiding?
William and Mary placed a bounty on his head
What disease did the French accidentally pass on to the Huron tribe?
Smallpox
After the French soldiers settled down on their new land in New France, what new problem did they face?
They wanted to start families but there were too few women to marry.
How did William Penn intend to treat the Native Americans?
He promised to pay them for the land the colony used and he ordered that no one wrong the Indians.
Why did William Penn want the Quakers to have their own colony?
He wanted them to have a place to worship God as they pleased.
After they took over the Huron land, what did the Iroquois try to do to New France?
They tried to destroy it.
Why did the governor of Maryland worry about Pennsylvania’s growth?
He worried that colonist would take away land that belonged to Maryland.