Massachusetts
Who settled Massachusetts in the pursuit of religious freedom?
Pilgrims & Puritans
Why did Roger Williams settle Rhode Island?
He was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Who was King Phillip?
Metacom, a Massasoit chief
What year did the Salem Witch Trials take place?
1692
What are two of the few crops that grew well in New England?
Tobacco and Cotton
Pilgrims sailing on the ship ___________ landed at Plymouth Rock.
The Mayflower
What is the reason Roger Williams and John Wheelright were banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Disagreeing with the Puritan church.
What were the Native tribes reasons for attacking colonial settlements?
The rapid settlement growth and their treatment at the hands of English settlers throughout New England.
Who were the three women initially accused of witchcraft and possessing teenaged girls?
Sarah Goode, Sarah Osborne, and Tituba, the mayor's slave
What industries thrived due to New England's proximity to water?
Fishing, whaling, and shipbuilding
The Puritans
What was the first written constitution in North America
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
How did the English respond to these attacks?
By attacking Native American villages, killing 4,000. The captured men, women, and children were sold into slavery in the West Indies.
What was the punishment many of the accused received?
Execution
New England's harbors made it an important stop for what trade route?
The Triangular Trade Route of England - Africa - The Colonies
Who was the English-speaking Native American who helped the pilgrims?
Squanto of the Pawtuxet Tribe
Most settlements in New Hampshire were founded for what resource?
Fishing
With Metacom's death.
How did the witch hunt end?
The governor of Massachusetts intervened, declaring that spectral evidence should no longer be admitted in court.
What is mercantilism?
The theory that promoted government regulation of the economy to enhance state power and wealth through a favorable balance of trade, where exports exceed imports.
This was the first plan of self-governance in the colonies.
The Mayflower Compact
True or False: Rhode Island had no religious persecution.
False. Rhode Island had no religious persecution of Christians.
What Native tribe allied with the colonial militia?
The Mohawk Indians
What characteristics did the accused have in common?
They didn't conform to the strict Puritan norms.
The arm of the Triangular Trade route called the Middle Passage transported _________________.
Slaves from West Africa to the Colonies.