Even More Famous People
First governor of the Plymouth colony
John Carver
Nearly 1,000 Hessians were captured here
Trenton
What city was the first capitol of the United States after the Constitution was ratified
New York City
Rice and Indigo were most frequently grown in the coastal regions of these colonies
southern
Discovered the Mississippi River
Hernando de Soto
First secretary of the treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Pennsylvania was founded as a haven for
Quakers
What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America
New England Primer
The chief executive officer of each colony
governor
Founded the Philadelphia Academy
Benjamin Franklin
Sighted the Pacific Ocean
Vasco de Balboa
The first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States
St. Augustine
Interest in trade with the East was received by
The Crusades
The name given to the president's advisers
What type of government does the Constitution guarantee to each state
republican
First chief justice of the Supreme Court
John Jay
In which settlement did the House of Burgesses meet
Jamestown
England was prepared for limited government because of this
Magna Carter
Type of colonies that were given by the king to an individual owner to rule
proprietary
The first Continental Congress met here
Philadelphia
Wrote History of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
What colony set a precedent of religious freedom
Rhode Island
British soldiers could legally occupy colonial buildings through which Act
Quartering
The Great Awakening prepared colonies for 2 freedoms- political and this
religious
Compromise that called for a bicameral legislature during the Constitutional Convention
Great Compromise