Why the English Came and Geography
English Settlements Made Permanent
The New England Colonies
The New England Colonies 2.0
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
100

What work contract gave land to a colonist in exchange for labor?

indenture

100

A Powhatan chief's daughter who traveled to England

Pocahontas 

100

Provided the Plymouth settlers with lifesaving agricultural information

Squanto
100

What was the primary motivation for settlement of Massachusetts?

religious freedom

100
Which section of the colonies had the greatest cultural diversity?

middle colonies

200

What are headrights?

They were a means of obtaining land in the colonies. 

200

Who enforced the kind of discipline necessary for the survival of Jamestown

John Smith

200

Founded Providence, which later became the capital of Rhode Island

Roger Williams

200

How did Connecticut differ from Massachusetts?

Connecticut did not require church membership for voting 

200

Which two colonies came from the land originally called New Netherland?

New York and New Jersey

300

Why did settlers come to America?

-religious freedom 

-riches

-land

300

What type of colony was governed by a trade company that received its authorization from the king?

Charter Colony

300

What document of self-government did the Pilgrims sign when they first arrived in America?

Mayflower Compact

300

What was the Puritans' attitude toward the Anglican Church?

they wanted to stay in the church and improve it 

300

In what colony did the Quakers undertake a "Holy Experiment"?

Pennsylvania

300

Who is also known as Lord Baltimore and founded Maryland?

Cecilius Calvert

400

Name the southern colonies

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

Maryland

Virginia

400

What type of colony was governed by appointees of the king?

Proprietary colony 

400

Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony that wanted to make their colony "a model of Christian Charity"

John Winthrop

400

Who was the most significant figure in the settlement of Connecticut?

Thomas Hooker

400

Who explored the New York region for Holland and sailed up a river that now bears his name?

Henry Hudson

400

Which colony was established partly to provide a place for debtors to start a new life?

Georgia

500

Name all of the New England colonies.

Massachusetts

Connecticut

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

500

What was the House of Burgesses?

the first self-governing assembly in America

500

Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation

William Bradford

500

Which colony was a haven for religious dissenters?

Rhode Island

500

Who wrote Frame of Government of Pennsylvania?

William Penn

500

What type of colony were both the Carolinas?

royal colony

600

Name all of the Middle Colonies

Pennsylvania

New York

New Jersey

Delaware

600

Discuss the importance of the arrival of two ships in Virginia in 1619. (4 points)

women - grow families

slaves - introduction of the institution of slavery to the European New World and the beginning of tremendous social and moral tension for Americans to follow

600

Why did the Pilgrims leave Holland?

the Dutch culture was affecting the Pilgrims' children

600

Which colonies were started by settlers from Massachusetts?

Connecticut 

Rhode Island

New Hampshire

600

Who "purchased" Manhattan Island from a group of Indians?

Peter Minuit

600

Discuss how self-government developed in the colonies.

-Virginia House of Burgesses - the first self-governing assembly in the New World

-Mayflower Compact - the pilgrims undertook the task of self government

- Fundamental Orders of Connecticut - established a framework for representative self government in Connecticut 

-Frame of Government of Pennsylvania - William Penn prepared for his colony a constitution 

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