Colonial Beginnings
Colonial Connecticut
Colonial Events
Chart(er) Questions
Hodgepodge
100
Most settlers who came to New England in the early 1600s were searching for
a. Better farmland
b. Religious freedom
c. Gold and silver
d. A passageway to the Pacific
B. Religious Freedom
100
This is who founded Connecticut
Who is Thomas Hooker?
100
Which of these was a significant cause of the Salem Witch Trials?
a. Political alliances with Native Americans
b. Strict religious beliefs and fear of the unknown
Conflicts over trade
c. Lack of resources and food shortages
d. Conflicts over trade
B. Strict religious beliefs and fear of the unknown
100
What came first, German Settling or the French and Indian War starting?
German Settling
100
This region of colonies (New England, Middle, or South) is best known for its fertile soil and long growing seasons for crops.
What is the South?
200
This colony was started as a "Holy Experiment" for Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania?
200
This was the purpose of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
What is to establish a framework for democratic governance?
200
This document was signed when the Puritans got off the Mayflower boat. It was signed to agree to follow governmental laws.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200
Where did the Swedish people start their settlement?
Delaware
200
This season was the harshest for settlers in Plymouth.
What is Winter?
300
This group of people was the first to move into Georgia.
What are Debtors and the poor?
300
This is why settlers began moving into the Connecticut River valley in the 1630s. (Boston is near CT.)
The population around Boston was getting too crowded
300
This movement encouraged religious enthusiasm in the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
300
How many years apart was the founding of New Hampshire and Pennsylvania?
20 years
300
This was the result of King Phillip's War. (Did relationships with the Natives get better or worse?)
Native Relations got worse
400
This is why Lord Baltimore created Maryland in response to this
What is the way that Catholics were being mistreated in other Colonies?
400
This is the reason that the Connecticut colony was founded.
Puritan rules were too strict in Massachusetts, so Connecticut was founded to lessen the harshest of the rules.
400
This "house" was the first time colonials had a taste of their own governmental power, and is one of the reasons that drove the colonies to war with Britain.
What is the House of Burgesses?
400
What was New England's population in 1740?
Just under 300,000
400
Did colonial boys, girls, or both get educated in school?
Wealthy boys
500
This section of the colonies (New England, Middler, or Southern) accepted the most amount of immigrants from different countries and cultures.
What are the Middle Colonies?
500
There was always a threat of a war breaking out with this group of people.
What are the Pequot Natives?
500
These two groups fought in King Phillip's war.
Who are the Puritans and the Wampanoag tribe?
500
What is the common theme of where the cities are formed?
They are all along a body of water
500
Describe one similarity and difference between Puritans and Pilgrims
A similarity between the Pilgrims and the Puritans is that both groups sought religious freedom and wanted to practice their faith without interference from the Church of England. However, a key difference is that the Pilgrims were Separatists who completely broke away from the Church of England, while the Puritans aimed to reform and purify the Church from within
• Both the Pilgrims and the Puritans came to America seeking religious freedom, which highlights their shared desire to escape persecution in England The pilgrims settled in the Plymouth Colony, but the Puritans settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony