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Who founded Maryland?
Cecilius Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
Provided the Plymouth settlers with lifesaving agricultural information
Squanto
A Powhatan chief's daughter who traveled to England
Pocahontas
__________ was America's first college
Harvard
What work contract gave land to a colonist in exchange for labor?
Indenture
Which colony was established partly to provide a place for debtors to start a new life?
Georgia
Wrote Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
Enforced the discipline necessary for the survival of Jamestown
John Smith
Which two colonies came from the land originally called New Netherland?
New York and New Jersey
What document of self-government did the Pilgrims sign when they first arrived in America?
The Mayflower Compact
What type of colony was governed by a trade company that received its authorization from the king?
Charter colony
Governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
Founded Providence, which later became the capital of Rhode Island
Roger Williams
Which section of the colonies had the greatest cultural diversity?
The middle colonies
The first self-governing assembly in America
The House of Burgesses
___________ offered by the Virginia Company were a means of obtaining land in the colonies.
Headrights
Wrote Frame of Government of Pennsylvania
William Penn
Royal leader involved in establishing the southern colonies
King Charles I
The Pilgrims were Separatists, not ___________
Puritans
Which colony was a haven for religious dissenters?
Rhode Island
What type of colony was governed by appointees of the king?
Proprietary colony
"Purchased" Manhattan Island from a group of Indians
Peter Minuit
Explored the New York region for Holland and sailed up a river that now bears his name
Henry Hudson
The Pilgrims left Holland because
Dutch culture was affecting their children
The Puritans' attitude toward the Anglican Church was that they wanted
to stay in the church and improve it.