Colonies & Founders
$100: Maryland was originally founded as this type of colony with religious freedom for Catholics.
proprietary colony
$100: Indian war led by an Indian chief against the colonists.
King Philip’s War
$100: The Virginia House of Burgesses is remembered as this.
first example of representative government in America
$100: These groups in the Church of England either agreed with Puritans but accepted ceremonies, or opposed them and wanted to keep traditions.
Low Church Anglicans and High Church Anglicans
$100: The economic system where colonists worked for the good of the colony and shared goods.
common-store system
$100: Which colony was originally set up with religious freedom for Catholics?
Maryland
$200: Rhode Island was originally this type of colony with religious freedom.
charter colony
$200: The Proclamation of 1763 and Pontiac’s Rebellion were tied to forbidding colonists to settle west of these mountains.
Appalachians
$200: “Virtual representation” meant...
members of Parliament claimed to represent all British subjects, even those who didn't vote for them.
$200: The Pilgrims who came to America were actually this group within Puritanism.
Separatists
$200: The most profitable colonies for European rulers, fought over frequently.
Sugar Islands
$200: Which colony was originally set up with religious freedom under a charter?
Rhode Island
$300: James Oglethorpe, burdened for the poor and imprisoned in England, founded this colony and city.
Georgia and Savannah
$300: Describe the Battle of Jumonville Glen and its role in the French & Indian War.
Washington ambushed French soldiers, later surrendered at Fort Necessity, triggering the war
$300: Give two important facts about the Albany Plan of Union.
proposed by Franklin and first attempt to unite colonies under one government
$300: Over 200 people were accused (20 executed) for witchcraft in this Massachusetts town.
Salem
$300: Approximately how many slaves were transported on the Middle Passage.
10–12 million
$300: Which three words describe Europe on the eve of exploration?
urbanized, connected, resistant
$400: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are important because they were this.
first written constitution in America
$400: Give three results of the French & Indian War.
Britain gained territory, France lost possessions, colonists gained experience
$400: The “Children of the Twice-Born” were this generation, shaped by both the Great Awakening and the Enlightenment.
Founding Generation
$400: Indians of this region engaged in persistent warfare and formed a confederation.
Eastern Woodlands Indians
$400: Successful Dutch colony that granted patroons land, later taken by England and renamed.
New Netherland → New York
$400: The Pilgrims, Great Awakening, and Enlightenment together shaped the founding generation in this way.
compatible blend of faith and reason, leading to ideas in Declaration, Constitution, and fight for freedom
$500: The London Company was this type of company, and it was successful in the New World.
joint-stock company
$500: Explain the Glorious Revolution of 1688 and give three ways it affected the U.S. government.
bloodless revolution replacing James II with William and Mary; led to limited monarchy, English Bill of Rights, influenced U.S. Constitution
$500: Explain how their two “birthrights” influenced the Declaration of Independence and Constitution.
unalienable rights endowed by Creator and freedom to worship + social contract
$500: America on the eve of European discovery can be described with these three words.
diverse, isolated, and susceptible
$500: Explain at least two differences between mercantilism and free-market capitalism.
mercantilism = gov’t control, colonies for mother country
capitalism = private ownership, supply/demand, limited gov’t
$500: Compare the colonial regions (New England, Middle, Southern, Caribbean) in settlers, religion, African roles, and economy.
New England: English settlers, Puritans, African laborers, fishing/shipping.
Middle: Diverse settlers, diverse religion, African laborers, farming.
Southern: Aristocrats/small farmers/slaves, Anglican, enslaved Africans, plantations.
Caribbean: Dutch/English/slaves, blended religion, enslaved Africans, sugar plantations.