In 1630, this person led Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
100
What did the Puritans use to govern their lives?
Their religious beliefs
100
Name the economic system used in the colonies.
A free market
100
This person built their "city upon a hill" near the Charles River.
John Winthrop
200
Why were a small group of settlers given a charter to start their own colony in New England?
To practice their religious beliefs and start farms and businesses.
200
To meet their economic needs, what did the people depend on?
The barter system
200
This person was brought to trial for speaking against the government (sedition), and was expelled from the colony. This person later founded the colony of Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchison
300
What did John Winthrop and Anne Hutchinson have in common?
They were both expelled from Massachusetts
300
Why were town meeting important to New England colonies?
This is the place where they took control of the town government.
300
Why was fishing so important to the coastal New England colonies?
They used fish for food and whenever there was a surplus of fish, they sold it to other English colonies or Europe. They hunted whales and cut the blubber to obtain oil.
300
Leader of the Wampanoag Indians that decided that Indians needed to unite to stop the settlers for moving into their lands.
Metacomet/King Philip
400
Name 2 wars that took place in the New England Colonies. What was the outcome?
King Philip's War and the Pequot War; The colonist won and many American Indians were killed and most were forced to give up their lands.
400
Name 2 ways in which women contributed to the New England Communities.
Preparing food, made clothing, made other items such as soap, candles, brushes, etc.
400
In what ways did the colonist use the forest in New England? Name 3 ways.
They used lumber to build houses, churches, barns, ships; they used logs to make naval stores (shipbuilding industry)
400
Founder of the settlement called Providence.
Roger William
500
This person left Massachusetts because he/she disagreed with the way the leaders ruled, and started his/her own colony. What is the name of the person and colony?
Thomas Hooker; the colony of Connecticut
500
Name 3 ways that Puritans schools differ from the schools we attend?
Usually only had 1 room and 1 teacher; Most teachers were men; students got whipped for misbehaving; most children went to school for a short period of time; read from the Bible.
500
How did early slave trade affect both Africans and English colonists?
People from Africa were captured and were sold as enslaved workers to the English Colonies. The Africans suffered a lot on the slave ships and many died. In the 1700s some people in the colonies became alarmed by the cruelty of the slave trade and formed groups to end slavery.
500
Hunted for food, furs and hides, took turns patrolling the town's borders; working in the fields