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100

A type of colony run by the king.

What is a royal colony?

100

The first form of self-government/democracy in the "New World."

What is the Mayflower Compact?

100

A safe haven for Quakers.

What is Pennsylvania?

100

The reason why the Separatists landed in Plymouth and not Jamestown?

What is "a storm pushed them north?"

100

The year the Separatists landed in Plymouth.

What is 1620?

200

A type of colony run by a friend or associate of the king. 

What is a proprietary colony?

200

The first from of a republic within the colonies.

What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?

200

A safe haven for Catholics.

What is Maryland?

200

The reason why the Dutch gave up New Netherland without a fight.

What is "it was not profitable and they were no match for the English Navy?"

200

The year the Puritans landed in Massachusetts.

What is 1630?

300

A type of colony funded by a joint stock company.

What is a charter colony?

300

The first governor of Virginia that later had a river named after him and then a colony and then a state.

Who is Lord de la Warr?

300

The one stipulation to worship/live in Pennsylvania.

What is "believe in one God?"

300

The event that allowed the English to travel freely across the Atlantic Ocean. 

What is "the defeat of the Spanish Armada by the Sea Dogs?"

300

The year Jamestown was established.

What is 1607?

400

The only Southern colony that was not a proprietary colony.

What is Virginia?

400

The first written constitution within the colonies. 

What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

400

The colony that was home to the Anglican Church.

What is Virginia?

400

The economic system that based a nations wealth on how much gold and silver they possessed.

What is mercantilism?

400

The year John White returned to Roanoke to find that it was no longer there. 

What is 1590?

500

The only New England colony that was not a charter colony.

What is New Hampshire?

500

The only people that were allowed to vote or take part in the government of Massachusetts. 

Who are the Puritans?

500

The law that was passed in Maryland that stated that you could live/worship there as long as you believed in the Trinity.

What is the Act of Toleration?

500

The reason why the English claimed that the Dutch should have never established New Netherland in the first place. 

What is "John Cabot claimed the entire east coast for England way back in 1497?"

500

The year the first slaves arrived in the colonies.

What is 1619?