Albion's Seed
This group of people settled New England under the charter of the Massachusetts Bay Company.
Who were the Puritans?
The separatists who settled New England before the Puritans
Who were the Pilgrims?
This is the name of a Dutch fable about a man who fell asleep in the Catskills and woke up after the Revolution.
What is Rip Van Winkle?
This was the turning point when England became stronger than Spain
What is "the defeat of the Spanish Armada?"
This was the first permanent colony in what is now Virginia.
What is Jamestown.
This group of people settled Virginia fleeing Cromwell's persecution following the English Civil War
What are the Cavaliers/Planters?
This major holiday started when the Pilgrims shared the fruits of the harvest of 1620 with the Indians, thanking God for their success.
What is Thanksgiving?
This man was the founder of the Pennsylvania colony.
Who was William Penn?
This was the religion, between Catholic and Protestant, created by Henry VIII in order to divorce his wife.
What is Anglicanism?
This was the first Indian woman to join English society.
Who was Pocahontas?
This group of people settled Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware
Who were the Quakers/"Friends"?
This was the first document discussing the governing principles of an American colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This was the most famous governor of New Netherlands.
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
This was the belief held by some kings that the king had the ability to make all laws and taxes without the consent of Parliament.
What is divine right of kings?
These workers promised their services in return for passage in America.
This group of people settled the Appalachian mountains, aka the "backcountry"
Who are the Borderlanders?
This was the name of the man who was kicked out of Massachusetts and founded the nondenominational colony of Rhode Island.
Who was Roger Williams?
This is how William Penn described his vision for Pennsylvania, which included freedom of religion and different peoples living together in harmony.
What is "holy experiment?"
This was the man who won the English Civil War and executed king Charles I.
Who was Oliver Cromwell?
This was a colony set up by George Calvert to allow Catholics to live in America.
What is Maryland?
Daily Double
Name one difference between Puritans, Cavaliers, Quakers, or Borderlanders.
Mr. LaForest will give you credit if he decides your answer is good enough
This Puritan lawyer was a leading figure and first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Who was John Winthrop?
What is New Amsterdam?
These decrees were levied to the people who refused to become Anglican.
What were the penal laws?
This was the man who set up Georgia.
Who was James Oglethorpe?