New England Colonies
Name the year.
-arrival of the Pilgrims and signing of Mayflower Compact, significant because this represented the establishment of self-government in the colonies.
1620
Who founded Pennsylvania?
William Penn
Name two examples of cash crops.
Cotton, tobacco, indigo
What are the three G's? (What were the three main reasons for exploration)
God, Glory and Gold
Give an example of a primary source.
Ex. Journal entry, newspaper article from the time period, video footage, interview, etc.
Name the colony-
founded as a safe haven for persecuted Catholics from England.
Maryland
Which region had the following characteristics?
Middle Colonies
In what year was Jamestown founded?
1607
Who is this?
Is credited with helping John Smith and the European settlers in Virginia, yet accounts of her contacts with the settlers at Jamestown vary.
Pocahontas
Which region has the following characteristics?
New England Colonies
Who is this?
Led Bible studies which brought into question Puritan theology and divided the community in Boston. She was brought to trial, convicted, and banished from the colony. She and her supporters resettled in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and she later moved to New York City.
Anne Hutchinson
Name the middle colonies.
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Delaware
What was the first representative assembly in the colonies?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Name this 'event'.
a revivalist movement where preachers such as Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield addressed large crowds of people. These preachers spoke to groups who were already religious arguing that people could gain salvation by repenting and could study the Bible for themselves. The movement emphasized the equality of believers and advocated for religious freedom and toleration.
The First Great Awakening
What is this called?
-economic policy where colonies serve as a source of raw materials to increase the wealth and maintain a favorable balance of trade for the “mother” country
mercantilism
What was the first written constitution in the colonies?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Who originally settled NY?
Dutch (Netherlands)
What was the purpose of founding Georgia?
A place for debtors to be sent
Name this concept-
-developed between the colonies, England, West Africa, and West Indies as enslaved people were exchanged in the colonies for goods, including the cash crops that enslaved people worked to cultivate.
Triangular Trade
What religious group primarily settled Massachusetts?
Pilgrims
Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
John Winthrop
What religious group primarily settled Pennsylvania?
Quakers
Who was credited with developing indigo as a cash crop first on her family’s plantation in South Carolina and then throughout the South?
Eliza Lucas Pinckney
What is a charter?
a contract given to someone to establish a colony
Name all thirteen colonies.