People
Who was the King of England who gave the charter for the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Charles I
What was the first institution of higher learning (college) in the New World?
Harvard
What act passed in Massachusetts established the first town school system in America?
The Old Deluder Satan Act
What colony was a haven for Catholics?
Maryland
What was the first colony of Georgia?
Savanna
Who was the first governor for the Puritans?
John Winthrop
What two colonies were governed by William Penn
Pennsylvania and Delaware
What law was passed to protect religious liberty in Maryland
The Toleration Act
What was the first Bible published in the New World?
The Algonquin Bible
Who established Pennsylvania as a have for Quakers?
William Penn
What was the name of the brothers who were in charge of the Maryland colony?
Cecilius Calvert and Leonard Calvert
What was the New York colony was originally named?
New Amsterdam
What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut the first example of in America?
a type of constitution
Who evangelized to the Indians of Martha's Vineyard?
Thomas Mayhew
What was the first settlement of Rhode Island? And what does it mean?
Providence- God will provide
Who was the founder of the Connecticut colony?
Thomas Hooker
Who were the Pennsylvania Dutch? What was interesting about their name?
German immigrants to Pennsylvania. The Germans call their country Deutschland which was mispronounced by the settlers as Dutch.
What did the New England Confederation become a precedent of?
a voluntary union of colonies
What group of people were evangelized by John Eliot?
the Algonquian
What was the first two settlements of the Carolina Colony?
Albemarle district and Charleston
Who purchased Manhattan Island for $24 dollars from Indians?
Peter Minuit
What was the name given to the Dutch colony along the Connecticut and Delaware rivers?
New Netherland
Explain the patroon system.
Each patroon would be given a tract of land by a navigable river for bringing at least 50 new settlers to the colony.
What colony was became a home for Baptists?
Rhode Island
What was the official reasons for the founding of the colony of Georgia?
Georgia was founded a benevolent colony to provide a was for debtors to work off their debts and to provide a buffer from the Spanish colony of Florida