Geography
The Middle Colonies
The New England Colonies
The Southern Colonies
Growth of Democracy
The Enlightenment
100

The Triangular Trade moved kidnapped and enslaved Africans across this ocean

Atlantic Ocean

100

Seeking a safe place of refuge where people could escape religious persecution, William Penn was granted a charter in 1681 to create this new colony

Pennsylvania

100

After leaving England for the Netherlands in 1608 to escape religious persecution, this Separatist group later made their way to North America in 1620 aboard the Mayflower and created Plymouth Colony

The Pilgrims

100

This plant made English settlements in North America profitable for the first time

Tobacco

100

Established in Virginia in 1619, it granted some colonists the right to participate in their local government

Virginia House of Burgesses

100

The roots of the Enlightenment can be traced back to the 1600s when numerous scientific discoveries were made in what’s now known as this Revolution

Scientific Revolution

200

French explorer Robert de La Salle followed the Mississippi River all the way south to where it flows into this major body of water

Gulf of Mexico

200

Delaware, New York, Pennsylvania, and this other colony are collectively known as the Middle Colonies

New Jersey

200

After the Pilgrims has a successful autumn harvest in 1621, they invited nearly 100 Native Americans to celebrate with them in what would become known as this

The First Thanksgiving

200

Established on May 15, 1607, it would become the first permanent English settlement in North America

Jamestown

200

This historic document is significant because it represents one of the first attempts in the English colonies at self-government – it was signed by 41 men on November 21, 1620, while aboard the Mayflower

Mayflower Compact

200

An accomplished and well-respected inventor, scientist, politician, statesman, and diplomat, he was a prominent Enlightenment thinker and would also have a tremendous impact during the American Revolution and in the creation of our government

Benjamin Franklin

300

In 1620, the Pilgrims made landfall at this landmark, which is located in the present-day state of Massachusetts

Plymouth Rock

300

In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant, a Dutchman, became the leader of this important colonial settlement overseeing numerous infrastructure projects such as a protective wall and the construction of a canal - the settlement would later be renamed New York

New Amsterdam

300

During the early 1690s, those accused of something were considered guilty until proven innocent - this was the case for 19 unfortunate women who were put to death for being accused of witchcraft in what’s now known as these trials

Salem Witch Trials

300

In 1732, King George II granted a charter to James Oglethorpe to establish this new colony, which would be located between South Carolina and the Spanish colony of Florida

Georgia

300

Upon its passing in the Maryland colonial assembly in 1649, it became the first law in the English colonies to support religious tolerance

Toleration Act of 1649

300

Some of areas of life that Enlightenment thinkers investigated and wrote about include (name at least three)

The Natural World, the Economy, Political Structures and Governments, Religion, Women's Rights

400

English and French colonists disputed over land in what's known as this region - the dispute culminated in the outbreak of the French & Indian War

Ohio River Valley

400

Known today as The Society of Friends, this group of Christians arose in England during the mid-1600s - among them, was William Penn

Quakers

400

The rocky soil in New England meant the economy became heavily involved in these two industries

Trade and Shipbuilding

400

This system of land grants encouraged European colonizers to bring their family and servants with them, and helped lead to the creation of huge plantation farms in many of the southern colonies

The Headright system

400

Upon founding the colony of Connecticut in 1639, Thomas Hooker put together a set of principles that he felt would ensure Connecticut have a more democratic form of government – this set of principles would become known as this

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

400

Enlightenment thinkers focused on the idea that logic and this could be used to improve society and government

Reason

500

This area existed and was settled before the Revolutionary War, but is not considered one of the 13 original colonies because it was not under English rule

Florida

500

These industries contributed to the diverse economies of the Middle Colonies (name at least three)

Farming (agriculture), Fishing, Trade, Shipbuilding

500

Forced by Puritan leaders to leave Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1636, Roger Williams and his followers traveled a short distance south and established the settlement of Providence, in what would later become this colony

Rhode Island

500

After indentured servants weren’t given land and rights that were promised them in their contracts with plantation owners, many of them banded together in 1676 and set Jamestown ablaze in a violent outbreak now known as this

Bacon’s Rebellion

500

In this religious and spiritual movement swept through the Colonies in the early 1700s, preachers and speakers encouraged personal spiritual responsibility and experiences, and did not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, or social class in their followers

The Great Awakening

500

This English philosopher and physician, who believed that people had natural rights such as equality and liberty, would have a heavy influence on later Enlightenment thinkers and the people who drafted both the Declaration of Independence and later, the United States Constitution

John Locke