Vocab #1
The Daughter of Powhatan Leader?
Pocahontas.
Laws made to control slaves?
Slave Codes.
Servants who agreed to work for 4-7 years?
Identured servants.
Why did Jamestown struggle at first, and how did John Smith help?
Jamestown struggled at first due to soil and the colonist being lazy workers.
What did Thomas Hooker do to make Connecticut more democratic?
He allowed people the right to vote even if they were not religious.
People who left the country they were born in for another country.
Immigrants.
An uprising that Bacon started as he hated the government's friendliness to the Native Americans.
Bacon's Rebellion.
Native American who taught pilgrims how to fertilize soil and farm.
Tisquantum.
How were slaves and indentured servants similar and different?
Same: Because they had to work for someone.
Different: Servants had to work for 4-7 years. Slaves had to work their whole lives.
Why did colonist and Native Americans not get along when it came to land rights?
Native Americans believed in sharing the land, while colonists believed that land can be bought and owned.
The first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
The leader of Jamestown who forced the people to work harder, and reward those who did.
John Smith.
A law which made restriction of religion a crime.
Toleration Act of 1649.
How was life for children during this time?
It was hard for the children during this time as boys had to work outside and girls had to work inside.
Name two ways the New England colonies made a living?
Fishing, hunting, trading, blacksmithing, shipbuilding, or by weaving.
A former slave who talked about the tortures he and others had to deal with.
Olaudah Equiano.
Were from the Anglican Church and wanted to purify it.
Puritans.
A legal contract which people agreed to protect the good.
Mayflower Compact.
Why were the Southern colonies able to rely on agriculture for their way of living?
The have a longer growing season because the weather stayed warmer for a longer period of time.
Why did New England have more people who could read and write?
They required education for every child who lived there.
Were people who split from the Anglican Church and did not agree with Puritans.
Pilgrims.
A puritan who said that people did not need ministers for guidance.
Anne Hutchinson.
A person who wanted to make an ideal Christian Society.
John Winthrop.
How were Pilgrims different from Puritans?
They were more prepared.
Who was Georgia named after?
King George I.