Separatists who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose.
What is Pilgrims
100
People who refuse to use force, or fight in wars.
What is pacifists
100
A blue flowering plant, used to dye textiles.
What is indigo
100
The first written constitution in American history.
What is Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
200
The founder of Rhode Island.
What is Roger Williams
200
The acceptance of different beliefs.
What is tolerance
200
A colony in which the owner owned all the land and controlled the government.
What is proprietary colony
200
A person or country that owes money.
What is debtor
200
The fighting that took place between Native Americans and English settlers in 1675.
What is King Philip's War
300
The founder of Connecticut
What is Thomas Hooker
300
The group of elected representatives in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is General Court
300
Wealthy landowners who acquired riverfront estates and ruled them like kings.
What is patroons
300
A formal, written plan of government.
What is constitution
300
An early English colony whose citizens completely disappeared from the face of the Earth.
What is Roanoke Island
400
The founder of Pennsylvania.
What is William Penn
400
To treat someone harshly because of that person’s beliefs or practices.
What is persecute
400
This document granted the colonists of Pennsylvania to elect representatives to the legislative assembly.
What is Charter of Liberties
400
A farmer who works land owned by another and pays rent either in cash or crops.
What is tenant farmer
400
A land grant of 50 acres given to each new settler of Virginia.
What is headright
500
The two founders of New Jersey.
What is John Berkeley & Geoarge Carteret
500
A formal document, written in 1620, that provided law & order to the Plymouth colony.
What is Mayflower Compact
500
Protestant group of dissenters called the Society of Friends, who were tolerant of the views of others and believed that every individual had an “inner light” that would guide them to salvation.
What is Quakers
500
Laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.
What is indentured servant
500
The 27-year-old soldier who helped the Jamestown colonists survive by forcing them to work, exploring the area, & getting corn from the local natives.