A joint-stock company chartered in 1606 and was responsible for founding the first permanent English settlement in America; Jamestown, Virginia in 1607
What is the London Company?
100
Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
Who is George Washington?
200
Pilgrims 1st attempted asylum in this country
What is Holland?
200
Englishman and Whig statesman was effectively the first British prime minister
Who si Robert Walpole?
200
Credited with starting the Great Awakening (also a leader of the "New Lights")
Who is George Whitefield?
200
An economic policy focuses on making $ for the mother country? It favors a positive balance of trade for the mother country and the accumulation of gold and silver
What is mercantilism?
200
Position was held in each colony to serve as their chief executive officer
What is a governor?
300
The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony in order to establish a civil government
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
King of Scotland who also took over the throne of England for a time; he wanted all Englishmen to conform to the Church of England
Who is James I?
300
Lutheran pastor started the Pietist movement in Germany
Who is Philipp Spener?
300
This part of Grenville's plan to defray the cost of maintaining the British army along the American frontier prompted cries of "no taxation without representation." Public protests increased until it was repealed in 1766
What is the Stap Act?
300
The first American history book
What is "History of Plymouth Plantation"?
400
People on the Mayflower who were headed to the New World for Economic opportunities along with the Pilgrims
Who are Strangers?
400
An English monarch at the time of the revolution, who was the main opposition for the colonies due to his stubborn attitude and unwillingness to hear out colonial requests/grievances
Who is George III?
400
Preached during the First Great Awakening saying,"sinners in the hands of angry god"
Who is Jonathan Edwards?
400
the official beginning of modern missions
What is 1792?
400
An agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent country
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
Pilgrims of the Plymouth colony were collectively of this religion
What are Engish Puritans?
500
Scotland and England were united by this monarch in 1707
Who is Queen Anne?
500
Pioneered nineteenth-century British missionary efforts in India
Who is William Carey?
500
These articles were considered weak for the new United States because they did not protect individual property or free trade
What is Articles of the Confederation?
500
A Pilgrim leader who was a self-taught scholar. He was chosen as governor 30 times in the annual elections. He is known as the Father of American History