New England
The founders of Plymouth
What is a Pilgrim?
This colony formed out of New York
What is New Jersey?
The Southern Colonies were bordered on by this ocean
What is the Atlantic Ocean?
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England.
Who are the Puritans?
mistreatment or punishment of a group of people because of their beliefs
What is persecution?
On November 11, 1620 this was signed
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The Dutch set up this colony along the Hudson River
What is New Netherland?
Established the colony of Georgia
Who is James Oglethorpe?
meetings at which settlers voted on local church and governmental issues
What is a town meeting?
a crop grown for sale on a market rather than for a consumption by the grower's family
What is a cash crop?
The migration to Massachusetts Bay was led by this group
Who are the Puritans?
The governor of New Netherland
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
Three crops that were raised in S. Carolina and Georgia
What are rice, indigo, and cotton?
A person who owes money, especially one having difficulty paying it back
What is a debtor?
A colony under the direct control of a king or queen (monarch)
What is a royal colony?
This person challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay
Who is Roger Williams?
New Jersey became this type of colony
What is a royal colony?
English sailors began referring to this passage for slave trading
What is the Middle Passage?
colonial assembly of Massachusetts, elected by all male church members
What is a General Court?
a member of the Society of Friends, a Christian group that faced discrimination in England
What is a Quaker?
This person was banned from Massachusetts for her beliefs
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
This person founded the colony of Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn?
This rebellion led to slave codes
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
a 1649 Maryland law that provided religious freedom for all Christians
What the Act of Toleration?
a colony controlled and owned by one or more people called proprietors
What is a Proprietary colony?