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6th Grade History Test 6 Flashcards

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The first permanent European settlement in the New World

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St. Augustine

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The colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and remembered today as “The Lost Colony”

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Roanoke

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3
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England defeated the ___ Armada in 1588

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Spanish

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4
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When was Jamestown founded?

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1607

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5
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The first place the Separatists moved for religious freedom

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Holland

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6
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The Pilgrims established their colony at Plymouth in what year?

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1620

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The first written agreement of self-government in America

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Mayflower Compact

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The Ole’ Deluder Satan Act was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts, establishing the first what in America?

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public schools

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9
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The first written constitution in America

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Colonial Virginia’s elected body of representatives was called

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House of Burgesses

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What ship(s) brought settlers to Jamestown?

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Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery

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12
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The first Indian to welcome the Pilgrims

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Samoset

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13
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Georgia’s first permanent settlement

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Savannah

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14
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first royal colony owned by the King of England

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Virginia

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15
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South Carolina’s first permanent settlement

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Charleston

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became the capital of Virginia in 1699

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Williamsburg

17
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Lord Baltimore requested American land to begin this colony for English Catholics

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Maryland

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the Ark and the Dove brought settlers to this colony for religious freedom

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Maryland

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The name of the colony that is now the state of New York

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New Netherland

20
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The Dutch governor of New Netherland who was forced to surrender to the English

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Peter STuyvesant

21
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The Swedes who settled in Delaware were the first to build what kind of homes?

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log cabins

22
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The proper name for this group of people was the Society of Friends.

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Quakers

23
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The man responsible for establishing a settlement at PHiladelphia

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William Penn

24
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Count von Zinzendorf was the leader of what group of people, a group active in missionary work.

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Moravians

25
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The Indian who lived with the Pilgrims and helped them to survive.

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Squanto

26
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the man who claimed part of North America for England in 1497

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John Cabot

27
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one of the first missionaries spurred by the Great Awakening

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David Brainerd

28
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the first governor of Jamestown

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Lord De La Warr

29
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the minister of the colony of Plymouth

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Elder Brewster

30
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the second governor of Plymouth and the author of Of Plymouth Plantation

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William Bradford

31
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founded the first colony to offer complete religious freedom in America

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Roger Williams

32
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Connecticut-born preacher who was one of the first leaders in the Great Awakening; he preached a series of sermons about salvation

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Jonathan Edwards

33
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English evangelist who preached throughout the colonies, sometimes to 20,000 people at once

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George Whitefield

34
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America’s first black woman writer to have a book published

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Phillis Wheatley

35
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hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth

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Captain Miles Standish

36
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planned and directed the building of the first Georgian settlement

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James Oglethorpe

37
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married Pocahontas

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John Rolfe

38
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Know these locations on the map of the North and Central America

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Labrador Peninsula
Baja California
Florida Peninsula
Ungava Peninsula
Yucatan Peninsula
Alaska Peninsula
39
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Explain how some of the widespread ideas during the Great Awakening affected the American colonies and led to a desire for liberty and the War for Independence. Include at least five important facts.

A

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6th Grade History-New World History & Geography (16 decks)

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