Middle Colonies
This quaker was granted 45,000 acres of land after arbitrating a disagreement for the crown.
a. Duke of York
b. William Bradford
c. Thomas Hooker
d. William Penn
Who was William Penn?
This group of Puritans sailed to the new world because they did not want to compromise their beliefs or worship with those who were not as pious.
a. The Calvinists
b. The Separatists
c. The Catholics
d. The Episcopalians
Who were the Seperatists?
Jamestown colony was started by this joint-stock company.
Virginia Company
West India Company
Hudson Bay Company
Massachusetts Bay Company
What is the Virginia Company?
Definition: something that serves as a protective barrier
a. buffer
b. cushion
c. butler
d. gutter
What is a buffer?
This document was a signed by the members of the Plymouth colony to set laws and rules that would govern it.
a. Plymouth Contract
b. Mayflower Compact
c. Puritan Constitution
d. Separatist Agreement
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The middle colonies were the most diverse of the British colonies because
a. they only accepted Puritans
b. they welcomed those with different beliefs
c. because they shook hands with others
d. because the indigenous people were less hostile
What is they welcomed those with different beliefs?
a. William Bradford
b. Charles Whitmore
c. Thomas Wakefield
d. John Winthrop
Who was John Winthrop?
This man was captured by the Algonquian tribe and beaten before becoming friends with the tribes chief, Powhatan.
Who is:
a. John Rolfe
b. Johnny Appleseed
c. John White
d. John Smith
Who was John Smith?
Definition: A man holding and cultivating a small landed estate
a. cultivator
b. yeoman
c. puritan
d. burgess
What is a yeoman?
a. Henry V
b. Elizabeth II
c. Mary I
d. Henry VIII
Who is Henry VIII?
a. New Jersey
b. Connecticut
c. New York
d. New Bruswick
What is New York?
What was the name of the tribe that helped the Plymouth colony settlers survive after their first harsh winter in the Americas?
a. Iroquois
b. Wampanoag
c. Mohican
d. Pequot
Who were the Wampanoag?
a. Powhatan
b. Opechecanough
c. Massasoit
d. Metacom
Who was Opechecanough?
Definition: a British policy of relaxed enforcement of parliamentary laws and limited interference in the affairs of the American colonies during the 17th and 18th centuries
a. dismissive arbitration
b. House of Burgesses
c. solitary confinement
d. salutary neglect
What is salutary neglect?
The three ships that brought the Virginia Company settlers to Jamestown were
a. The Nina, the Pinta and the Santa Maria
b. The Godspeed, the Discovery, and the Susan Constant
c. The Demeter, the Anarchy, the Destroyer
d. The Ulysses, the Odyssey, and the Emporer
What is The Godspeed, the Discovery, and the Susan Constant.
This group of people known as "Quakers" called everyone friend and shook hands instead of bowing. They were not well received by members of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
The Society of Friends
These were the two primary exports of the Massachusetts Bay Colonies.
What are timber and codfish
This man was responsible for planting the first British crop of tobacco and was also married to Pocahontas.
Who is John Rolfe?
Definition: able to experience death
What is mortality?
This was the primary export of the Chesapeake Bay Colonies.
What is tobacco?
What are Pennsylvania, New Jersey and New York?
This native chief was the head of the Wampanoag and helped the colonists of Plymouth survive after their first winter, given rise to the legend of Thanksgiving.
Who is Massasoit?
The House of Burgesses
Definition: cause to do through pressure or necessity, by physical, moral or intellectual means
These colonies were the most diverse because of religious toleration, widespread social and economic privilege and great soil.
The Middle Colonies: Pennsylvania, New York and New Jersey.