The 13 Colonies
The the 3 regions of colonies were divided by what names?
New England. Middle/Atlantic. Southern.
Near what present day geographical location did the Pilgrims land?
Cape Cod
Who took over the leadership of New York after James, Duke of York?
Jacob Leisler
Which was the first colony to pass a law guaranteeing religious freedom in 1649?
Maryland
Name 2 out of 3 distinct ways that the Native Americans helped early English settlers to survive.
1. Plant crops
2. Trap animals
3. Catch fish
Who founded Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
What was slave trade?
The business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as slaves.
Which group of people believed everyone should be treated equally? (and they actually meant everyone!)
Quakers
Virginia's economy was based on this cash crop.
Tobacco
What specific term means, the right to vote?
Sufferage
What did the Mayflower Compact state?
That settlers would govern themselves in the new colony.
What year did the pilgrims set sail?
1620
In 1691 what democratic rights were finally granted?
The right to elect an assembly with the power to pass laws and set taxes for the colony.
Who were the founders of the Georgia colony?
King George II and James Oglethorpe
Whonamed the city of Philadelphia?
William Penn
Name the 3 main cash crops of the Southern colonies.
Tobacco, sugar, cotton.
Providence colony was named by this man, and what does it mean?
Roger Williams / The Guidance and Care of God
According to James York, New York's purpose as a colony was to...
make money!
In 1700, what percent of the population was enslaved?
1/4
In Thomas Hooker's Fundamental Orders, to whom did it grant the right to vote?
Male member of the Puritan Church.
Define mercantilism.
An economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies.
What is Connecticut's symbol and why?
White Oak. They hid their charter in a white oak tree.
Name one of the two reasons that King Charles allowed William Penn to establish a colony.
1. Because the King owed a large debt to Penn's father.
2. William Penn was a "thorn in his side."
What was one main problem that the people in the colony of Georgia faced?
Frequent attacks by the Spanish.
The Appalachian Mountains