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Colonies
Colonial Life
Great Awakening and Enlightenment
Government
Key Names
100
The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony
100

System of trade where the mother country benefited from buying raw materials from the colonies at a low price and selling finished goods to the colonies for a high price.

What is mercantilism?

100

This was a scientific movement that focused on ideas and philosophy. It was driven by logic.

What is the Enlightenment?

100

This is the kind of government that the refugees that left the old world were trying to escape from.

What is a monarchy?

100
She was exiled from Massachusetts for challenging Puritan laws and practices... Representing the 1st female voice of discontent in Colonial America.
Who is Anne Hutchinson
200
The Colony established by Roger Williams which was based on Separation of Church and State.
What is Rhode Island
200

Three most successful cash crops in the New World.

What is sugar, tobacco, and cotton?

200

The is a religious movement that focused on spiritual renewal. It was characterized by emotional preaching and social reform.

What is the First Great Awakening?

200

Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of self government.

What is the Mayflower Compact?

200
He was a prominent Quaker who started a colony in America under the values of toleration.
Who is William Penn
300
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
300
This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. Known for Theocratic government.
Who are the Puritans?
300
This man came up with ideas about natural rights and how people should not be ruled by a tyrant, but that they should be under a "social contract." hint: Thomas Jefferson plagiarized his work when writing the Declaration of Independence.

Who was John Locke?

300

This was an early representative government in Jamestown that allowed a form of democracy and self-government.  

What was the House of Burgesses

300

He was a pastor who led his congregation (church members) to Connecticut and set up the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut. 

Who is Thomas Hooker?

400
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
This religious movement in Europe was started by Martin Luther and split the Christian faith. This lead to many religious settlers in America.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
400

This man traveled from place to place preaching about God's grace and compassion. He was a friend to Benjamin Franklin.

Who was George Whitefield?

400

This was an old, old document in England that was important because it limited the power of the king (before it was cool). 

What is the Magna Carta?

400
He started the Colony of Rhode Island after disagreeing with Puritan laws and practices. He based his new colony on the principles of Separation of Church and State
Who is Roger Williams?
500
This Colony was set up with religious settlers under the principles of a Theocratic government.
What is Massachusetts? (Plymouth also acceptable)
500
This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
500

This is an aspect of the Great Awakening that helped to cause the American Revolution.

What is colonial patriotism? What is questioning traditional authority? What is individual accountability? What is desire to follow one's own conscience?

500

The government that we live under today in America (be specific?)

A Constitutional Republic

500

The name of the current speaker of the house

Who is Nancy Pelosi?