Colonies
Religion
Government/School
Social Classes
Everything Else
100
One of the main reasons discussed in class for the English to travel to the New World was this.
What is: Chance to own land Religious freedom Desire for political freedom
100
This group of people was also known as Congregationalists and settled in New England.
Who are the Puritans?
100
The Legislature had this power, meaning they paid the governor's salary and financed his activities.
What is the "power of the purse"?
100
This group of people cost five times as much as servants.
Who are slaves?
100
The time period where people finally started depicting the Earth as a sphere.
What is in 1500s
200
The region with the culture of plantation life.
What is Southern colonies
200
The Anglican Church was made up of people mostly from this social class.
What is the upper class?
200
This tax was the main source of income for the government in all the colonies.
What is the property tax?
200
This social class generally owned land but lacked luxuries.
What is the middle class?
200
The person who created maps using longitude and latitude.
Who is Gerardus Mercator
300
This region gained profit from fishing and whaling.
What are the New England Colonies?
300
This area had the greatest religious diversity.
What is the middle colonies?
300
This was the basic unit of government in New England and was ruled by a local government.
What is a township?
300
This social class was sometimes called aristocrats.
What is the upper class?
300
The name of the Spanish/Portugese ships that became popular during this time. They were small, fast and shallow.
What is caravel?
400
This region had an abundance of navigable rivers.
What are the Middle Colonies?
400
This was a group that did not believe in fighting wars, even against Indians.
Who are the Moravians?
400
This type of school was similar to our elementary school where children learned to read and write, as well as learning Greek and Latin.
What is Grammar School?
400
This group was made up of single men from 18 to 30 and served for 4 to 7 years.
Who are indentured servants?
400
The verse that John Smith used to motivate the people and bring stability to Jamestown, encouraging them to work for their food.
What is 2 Thessalonians 3:10?
500
This area had the greatest religious diversity.
What is the Southern region?
500
This was passed in 1662 by the Puritans and allowed children of church members to become a part of the church even if they were not saved.
What is the Halfway Covenant?
500
This college was the first chartered institution of higher learning in the colonies.
What is Harvard?
500
This was available to almost everyone and thus there were a good number of people in the middle class.
What is land?
500
This man organized several colonizing expeditions to Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
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