Plymouth & Puritans
Which ship carried the Pilgrims to Plymouth in 1620?
The Mayflower
Which colony did Roger Williams help found after his banishment from Massachusetts?
Rhode Island
Which 1637 war involved the English and their allies fighting the Pequots?
The Pequot War
Who founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers?
William Penn
Who led the founding of Georgia in 1733?
James Oglethorpe
What agreement created a civil government for the Plymouth settlers?
The Mayflower Compact
What principle did Roger Williams support about religion and government?
Separation of church and state
Which war began in 1675 when the Wampanoags resisted English settlers?
King Philip’s War
What was another name for the Quakers?
The Society of Friends
Which crop dominated the economy of the English Caribbean islands?
Sugarcane
Which Native American interpreter helped the Pilgrims form an alliance with the Wampanoags?
Squanto
Which woman was banished after challenging Massachusetts Bay’s religious leaders?
Anne Hutchinson
What was the Wampanoag leader King Philip called by his own people?
Metacomet
What did the English rename New Amsterdam after taking it in 1664?
New York
Which laws required much colonial trade to use English ships?
The Navigation Acts
Who was repeatedly elected governor of Plymouth?
William Bradford
What 1639 document established Connecticut’s colonial government?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Which gun could fire without a lighted match and was used in New England wars?
The flintlock musket
What became South Carolina’s main commercial crop in the 1690s?
Rice
What government combined New England, New York, and New Jersey under one governor?
The Dominion of New England
What phrase did John Winthrop use for the model community he hoped to build in Massachusetts?
A city upon a hill
In a Congregational church, who chose the minister and managed local affairs?
Each local congregation
Why did Metacomet lead the Wampanoags against the English?
English settlers took Native land and imposed English laws
What 1701 charter gave Pennsylvania an assembly and limited William Penn’s power?
The Charter of Liberties
What 1688 event led colonists to overthrow Governor Edmund Andros?
The Glorious Revolution