People
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Why was Massachusetts created?
For religious freedome (puritans/pilgrims)
What religion was William Penn?
Quaker
What are the large farms in the south called?
Plantations
What was the territory they were fighting after called?
Ohio River Valley
Who founded Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What were the 2 main jobs in New Hampshire
Fishing/Logging
What colony accepted all people/religions?
Pennsylvania
Why did Oglethorpe start the Georgia Colony?
For English people jailed for debt
Once the French destroyed the English trading post, what did they put there?
Fort Duquesne
Who founded Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
What specific viewpoint did Thomas Hooker have that got him kicked out of Massachusetts?
All men should have political freedom
What were George Carteret and John Berkeley KNOWN AS when it came to the colony of New Jersey?
Proprietors
What kind of colony was the Carolinas?
Proprietary Colony
French and Indians
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
What specific viewpoint resulted in Roger Williams being kicked out of Massachusetts?
Why was Delaware founded?
Was a part of Pennsylvania but separated from them. Wanted to not be under Quakers or British.
Why did Lord Baltimore create Maryland?
Welcomed Catholics
Which Native group joined the British?
Iriquouis
Who founded Maryland?
Lord Baltimore
What was the land like in the New England colonies?
Rocky soil, forests, coast for fishing.
New Amsterdam (originally owned by the Dutch) was turned into which colony?
New York
Which of the Southern Colonies was a Royal Colony?
Virginia
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 upset colonists?
Blocked them from settling West of Appalachians