Colonies 1
King James granted a____________ to the Virginia Company to form the colony of Jamestown.
charter
People who settled in New Jersey and New York came from many different__________ groups.
ethnic
English people who wished to establish their own churches were called
Separatists.
Which two cities in the Middle Colonies became prosperous centers of trade?
New York and Philadelphia
Which words best characterize William Penn’s dealings with Native Americans?
kind and fair
Puritans and Separatists journeyed to the Americas because they were ____________ for their religious beliefs.
persecuted
Quaker men refused to become soldiers because they were __________ .
pacifists
Terrain and climate forced_____________ farmers to practice subsistence farming.
New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern
The founding of Rhode Island was based on the principle of
religious tolerance.
What was Peter Stuyvesant’s role in the English colonization of the Middle Colonies?
He turned over control of New Amsterdam to the English.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first____________ written in America.
constitution
The__________________ was a reawakening of culture and intellectual curiosity in Europe from the 1300s to the 1600s.
Renaissance
In colonial America, slave codes were?
often made it a crime to teach enslaved persons to read or write.
allowed slaveholders to kill enslaved persons who tried to escape.
Although__________________ left England to escape____________ , they established an official state religion and punished or expelled dissenters.
In 1660, which nation controlled the lands between the New England Colonies and Virginia?
the Netherlands
What are two things that describe the colony of Pennsylvania?
was founded on principles of tolerance and equality.
had an ethnically diverse population.
How did trade support the economy of the Middle Colonies?
Farmers sent surplus grain and livestock to New York and Philadelphia, where they could be shipped elsewhere.
Why did commercial farming fail to become a major part of New England’s economy?
The rocky soil made it difficult for farmers to grow crops.
The cool climate resulted in a rather short growing season.
What is the most likely the reason native peoples did not die in large numbers from diseases such as smallpox before Europeans arrived in the Americas?
Such diseases were unknown to native peoples.
Unlike the first English settlers in New England and Virginia, later English settlers did not experience starvation because they learned from Native Americans how to_______________ .
grow crops, grow corn, grow corn and beans, grow beans and corn, or farm
Which of the English colonies were founded in the name of religious freedom?
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
What was Thomas Hooker’s role in the development of representative government in the English colonies?
He helped formulate North America’s first constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
What was the motivation behind Bacon’s Rebellion?
Nathaniel Bacon wanted greater access to Native American land and resources.
What was the significance of the Magna Carta on colonial governments?
It affirmed that individual citizens had personal rights.
Virginia’s____________ and Plymouth’s___________ were the first and most important steps in instituting representative, democratic government in the colonies.