1.1
Who were the first people in America?
Native Americans
French was mostly interested in what?
fur-trade
What was the 1st permanent English settlement?
Jamestown, Virginia
Who promoted the Act of Toleration?
Lord Baltimore
Who was the first to promote public education?
Puritans
What are the 2 major European colonies?
Spain and France
What was New England colony?
Massachusetts
What was the first colonial legislative in the new world and what year?
The House of Burgesses in 1619
Why did the New England come?
religious reasons for themselves?
Where were the Puritans only known in?
New England Colonies
What was Spain primarily looking for?
Gold, Glory, and God
What was the Middle colony
Pennsylvania
What provides the bulk of a religious income?
cash crops
What did the Act of Toleration protect?
the rights of Catholics from persecution by Maryland and Puitans
Who were the Quakers leadership?
William Penn
What were the Spaniards called?
Conquistadors
What was the Southern colony?
Virginia, South Carolina
What were the Southern class distinctions?
rich landowners
poor farmers
slaves
Why did the Puritans come?
establish a community built on "pure biblical teaching" and wanted to create the "city on the hill"
Why was the Mayflower Compact written?
to guarantee religious freedom and self government
In what year was the first French colony established?
1608
it left the colonies alone to govern themselves
What does indentured servants mean?
were people who could not afford to come to the colonies on their own, they agreed to work for a landowner for seven years in exchange for paying for the trip over
Who was the 1st to settle on Plymouth, MA and what yea?
Puritans and 1620
What do you really need to know about the Middle Colonies?
most culturally diverse and most religiously tolerant