13 colonies Flashcards
quakers
first group to be against slavery
who sailed to america in 1492
christopher columbus
hernan cortes take over
aztecs
rhode island founded to
practice religious freedom
lead first great awakening
jonathan edwards
who inspired merchants to go to asia
marco polo
did new england colonies have long timegrow
no
pilgrims
came to america to escape religious persecution
mercantilism
belief that countries will be more powerful by having money
missions
built to convert natives to christianity
jamestown
1607 founded by virginia colony
1649
maryland toleration act / called for religious freedom
maryland
1632 founded by cecil calvert
georgia colony
1732 founded by james olgethorpe
jamestown reason and date
1607 search for gold but tobacco became their cash crop
carolinas date and reason
1663 to make profit off of soil (agriculture)
maryland reason and date
1634 to search for refuge for religious freedom
georgia reason and date
1732 refuge for people in debt ; border to separate eng colonies from spanish colonies
james olgethorphe
founded georgia colony
john smith
founded jamestown
cecil calvary
8 preceptors / businessmen
southern colonies economy
agricultural
middle colonies
never pass dirty notes (new york new jersey pennsylvania delaware)
new eng colonies
my new red corvette (massachusetts new hampshire rhode island conneticut)
all 13 colonies
new york, new hampshire, new jersey, rhode island, jamestown, massachusetts, connecticut, pennsylvania, delaware, maryland, georgia, north carolina, south carolina
anne hutchinson
put on trial for speaking against puritan gov
roger williams
believed in religious tolerance
thomas hooker
founded colony of connecticut
middle colonies economy
cities
mayflower compact
created by pilgrims to create self govt in america
fundamental orders of conneticut
written constitution (laws) in the colony
virginia house of burgesses
first rep legislature in the colonies
