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100
This group left England for Massachusetts to build a society based on biblical teaching.
Who are the Puritans?
100
The backbreaking work on plantations spurred this institution.
What is slavery?
100
The first example of a representative assembly (occured in Virginia.)
What is The House of Burgesses?
100
The settling of Jamestown took place in this year.
What happened in 1607?
100
The settlement of the Pilgrims and the signing of the Mayflower Compact both occurred in this year.
What happened in 1620?
200
This colony was founded by a Quaker as a model of religious freedom & peace.
What is Pennsylvania?
200
This crop was profitable to the colony of Jamestown.
What is tobacco?
200
Established the idea of self-government & made sure colonists made laws for the good of the (Massachusetts) colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200
The location of the spice trade.
Where is Asia?
200
The dangerous trip from Africa to the Caribbean which began a life of forced labor in America.
What is the Middle Passage?
300
This man founded Maryland as a place for Catholics to freely practice their religion.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
300
Economic system that was set up to increase gold supplies and expand trade.
What is mercantilism?
300
The first constitution in America.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
300
The reason early European explorers who came to the New World were looking for a Northwest Passage.
What is find a direct trading route to Asia?
300
Three problems that were faced by early Jamestown settlers.
What were poor relations with Natives, lack of basic survival skills or willingness to work, and swampy land with malaria-carrying mosquitos?
400
He created Connecticut to protect religious freedom, limit the power of the governor, & extend voting rights to non-church members.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
400
New York & Jamestown were prosperous because they were both located here.
What is near the Atlantic coastline?
400
These were established by the Puritans as a way to democratically discuss community issues.
What were New England town meetings?
400
The three main goals of European's during the Age of Exploration.
What are gold, glory, and God?
400
Three reasons colonists enslaved Africans over Native Americans.
What is due to the fact they were immune to most European diseases, had no allies in America, and provided a permanent source of cheap labor?
500
Founded by Roger Williams on the basis of separation of church and state.
What is Rhode Island?
500
The location of this colony on the river trade aided in its success.
What is New York?
500
Three examples of early colonial efforts to have self-government.
What are the Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
500
The Columbian Exchange.
What is the sharing of goods and ideas between the East & West?
500
A long term effect of slavery.
What is a belief that some people are inferior because of their race?