Establishing Colonies
A Spanish conqueror in the Americas is known as this.
What is a conquistador?
The island of present-day Manhattan was originally called this.
What is New Amsterdam?
He founded the colony of Pennsylvania.
This group of people was brought into the Americas to replace Native Americans for labor.
Who were kidnapped Africans?
Martin Luther’s followers who protested the Roman Catholic Church became known as this.
What are Protestants?
Missions were built in the Americas to do this.
What is convert Natives to Christianity?
This Englishman organized labor in the Jamestown colony and also set up an agreement with Chief Powhatan to receive corn from the Native Americans.
Who is John Smith?
Europeans (specifically the English) that sought religious freedom founded this colony.
What is Plymouth?
A passage of ships carrying slaves between Africa and North America became known as this.
What is the Middle Passage?
Religious tolerance means to do this.
What is allow people to worship their own gods?
The name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed over on.
What is the Mayflower?
The burgesses were this.
What are representatives to the government?
The Middle Colonies earned this nickname based on their rapid production of rye, wheat, and barley.
What are the Breadbasket Colonies?
What is the Triangle Trade?
A written document that protected the rights of people in the colonies was known as this.
What is a Bill of Rights?
This English colony was set up by Sir Walter Raleigh, failed, and had its people mysteriously go missing.
What is Roanoke?
This document became a promise that the Pilgrims and “strangers” would unify into a civil government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Other than tobacco, these were the other two cash crops grown in the Southern Colonies.
What are indigo and tobacco?
The imaginary line that separates Pennsylvania and Maryland is known as this.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
Goods, items, and services traded into a country are called this.
What are imports?/What is an import?
A colony when the king gives land to one or more people in return for a yearly payment is known as this.
What is a proprietary colony?
This northern town became the center of activity amongst all of the New England colonies.
What is Boston?
Roger Williams’s belief regarding the government and religion is known as this.
What is separation of church and state?
This religious movement from the 1730s-1740s is known for emphasizing personal religion and a personal relationship with God.
What is the Great Awakening?
Religious settlements run by Catholic priests are known as this.
What are missions?