13 Colonies 1
Not an important part of the New England economy
fishing
shipbuilding
skilled craftsmen
farming
farming
Powhatan Indian who married colonist John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Leader of Jamestown colony- he was a soldier, sailor, and explorer
John Smith
Which TWO were important for the economy of the Southern Colonies:
slavery fishing shipbuilding mining farming
slavery and farming
Name the Protestant group who wanted to reform, or purify, the Church of England
Puritans
Roger Williams disagreed with this concept from the Puritan leaders of Massachusetts. He believed in the separation of ____________ & ____________
Believed in separation of the church and state
Separated (Separatists) from the Church of England and crossed over on the Mayflower
Pilgrims
System started by the Virginia Company that awarded 50 acres of land for each person who paid their own way to Virginia
Headright System
list all four New England colonies
MA, NH, CT, RI
Two higher education colleges founded in the New England colonies
Harvard
William and Mary
First permanent English settlement
Jamestown
Helped found Connecticut; write Fundamental Orders of Connecticut; often referred to as father of American Democracy
Thomas Hooker
Name the first law supporting religious tolerance passed in the English Colonies.
Toleration Act of 1649
Name the uprising the resulted in the burning of Jamestown
Bacon's Rebellion
Native American Indian who helped Pilgrims by showing them how to fertilize crops with fish remains
Tisquantum or Squanto
tobacco
Led a group of Puritans to immigrate to Massachusetts to build a Christian community
John Winthrop
Name the TWO immigrant groups who settled in New England to avoid religious persecution
Pilgrims and Puritans
Maryland was founded as a refuge colony for which religious group? English _____________
English Catholics
Woman banned from Massachusetts for being outspoken and disagreeing with religious ideas
Anne Hutchison
Pilgrims signed this as a pledge to make a government and follow it's law; attempt at self government
Mayflower Compact
Granted a charter to found colony of Georgia to give debtors a place to for a fresh start. Outlawed slavery and did not want large plantations
James Oglethorpe
How were indentured servants different than slaves?
servants-work 4-7 years in exchange for their passage paid; were freed
slaves-no pay, owned, forced labor
TWO main motivating factors that brought colonists to found Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia
religious freedom and economic opportunities
Name the three problems in England that led to the Great Migration.
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religious
political
economic