Chapter 2: How the English Colonies Began

1 'Government'

1

The __________ ______ of Connecticut severed as a blueprint for the new colony's government.

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

2

The House of _________ was a representative assembly for colonists.

Burgesses

3

The _____ of Government included many rights such as freedom of religion and the right to a trial by jury.

Frame of Government

4

For several years New Hampshire was governed by _____________.

Massachusetts

5

The _______ ______ was a group that imposed Puritan beliefs and ideals into the operation of the colony.

General Court

2 Religion

1

This group of people felt that the Church of England could not be reformed and so they wanted to leave it.

Separatists

2

This group of people believed that all people were equal in God's eyes and they were against violence. They had no priests or ministers.

Quakers

3

This group of people felt that the Church of England was going the wrong direction and wanted to 'purify' it.

Puritans

4

This principle said that all people should be allowed to worship freely.

Religious Toleration

5

This woman believed that everyone could understand God's message.

Anne Hutchinson

3 Leaders

1

This leader believed that all should be allowed to worship god in their own way and allowed so in his colony.

Roger Williams

2

This leader created a colony with the purpose of holding those who owed money and couldn't repay it.

James Oglethorpe

3

This leader saved his colony by implementing the rule that if people did not work, they did not eat.

John Smith

4

This leader gave a sermon, describing their colony as "a City upon a Hill."

John Winthrop

5

This leader was a Quaker who was responsible for making a new home for the Quakers.

William Penn

4 Colonies

1

This colony's purpose was to hold debtors instead of sending them to prison.

Georgia

2

New York, Delaware, and New Jersey all gained territory when the British captured ___ __________.

New Netherland

3

This colony was known for its wealthy landowners and its crops of rice and indigo.

South Carolina

4

This colony suffered for a long time, before planting Tobacco and finally finding success.

Jamestown

5

This colony was the first to declare the principle that all should be able to worship freely.

Rhode Island

5 Miscellaneous

1

This King forced England to become Protestant.

King Henry VIII

2

John White was the leader of this English colony that was set up on a small island.

Roanoke

3

What was the other name George Calvert went by?

(Hint: part of it is the name of a large city.)

Lord Baltimore

4

What was the name of the 130 ship fleet that was going to attack Britain?

Spanish Armada

5

What was the other name for the Native American leader Metacom?

King Philip