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A colony is
settlement far from the country that rules ist
Separatists were
people who wanted to separate from the Church of England
Who was the leader of a group of Separatists
William Bradford
A pilgrim is
a person who journeys religious reasons
Why did the pilgrims land at Cape Cod rather than in Virginia as they planned?
They were pushed off course by bad weather
When did the pilgrims set foot on solid land?
November 1620
At the first Thanksgiving, the Pilgrims and Wampanaog feasted on
deer, pumpkin, cornbread
The Puritans called their colony
Massachusetts
Where were the 13 colonies located?
Between the Atlantic Ocean and App Mountains
The colonies were divided into how many parts?
What are the 3 regions that the 13 colonies were divided into for economic and climate reasons?
Southern Colonies, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies
Who believed that the government should NOT punish citizens for what they believer?
Roger Williams
Which English Colony in NA was first to offer complete religious freedom to its people?
RI
NEw amsterdam was given a new name
NYC
King Charles 11 gave a huge section of land in North America to a man named
William Penn
The English King named this colony what?
PA
King Charles 11 gave 8 people a charter to the large section of land between VA and the Spanish colony of Florida
Carolina
James Ogelthorpe came up with a plan to start a new English colony in NA where debtors could go to start new lives on their own land. He named the colony
Georgia