New England
The Mid Atlantic colonies
Cheseapeake
growing democracy
fact or fiction
100
what did the Pilgrims call themselves?
Separtists
100
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
William Penn
100
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
100
What was our nation's first constitution or written framework of government?
Mayflower Compact
100
Poet, Phillis Wheatley was a former slave
Fact
200
What Native American tribe leader helped the Pilgrims farm and survive and eventually became a member of the community?
Squanto
200
William Penn and his followers in Pennsylvania were known as...
Quakers
200
When did Jamestown settlers purchased the first African Slaves in ...
A) 1607
B) 1619
C) 1700
B
200
our nation's first legislative body was known as the...
House of Burgesses
200
The Zenger Trial established the precedent that newspapers could NOT publish freely
Fiction
300
Massachusetts Bay governor and Puritan leader wrote a sermon in which he referred to the colony as a "city upon a ....."
Hill
300
Unlike the Puritans, the Quakers were...
A) tolerant of most religions
B) believers that Natives should be paid for their land
C) against slavery
D) all of these
D
300
What were crops like Tobacco and rice referred to as...
cash crops
300
Who could not vote in colonial America?
women, AA, NA non landowning men
300
Ben Franklin was the artist of this cartoon
Fact
400
Who were the TWO Puritans who were expelled from Massachusetts for questioning the religious authority?
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
400
Philadelphia is also known as the..
A) city of brotherly love
B) the city upon a hill
C) home of fight night
D) city of angels
A
400
unlike the Puritans, Jamestown settlers were..
A) seeking gold and other precious metals
B) members of the Anglican Church or Church of England
C) mostly single men
D) all of these
Daily double
D
400
Our Constitution of 1787 and Bill of Rights written in 1791 are based on what TWO English documents..
Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
400
after 7 years of service, African slaves were given their freedom
Fiction
500
Provide ONE example of democracy in Massachusetts
Town meetings and a colonial legislature
500
Provide ONE example of democracy in the Middle Colonies
a colonial legislature
500
What colony enacted the Maryland Toleration Act which protected Catholics
MAryland
500
Who chose colonial governors?
A) the king
B) the colonists directly
C) England's Parliament
The King
500
Thomas Jefferson and George Washington owned slaves
Fact