6th Grade History Test 6 Flashcards
The first permanent European settlement in the New World
St. Augustine
The colony founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and remembered today as “The Lost Colony”
Roanoke
England defeated the ___ Armada in 1588
Spanish
When was Jamestown founded?
1607
The first place the Separatists moved for religious freedom
Holland
The Pilgrims established their colony at Plymouth in what year?
1620
The first written agreement of self-government in America
Mayflower Compact
The Ole’ Deluder Satan Act was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts, establishing the first what in America?
public schools
The first written constitution in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Colonial Virginia’s elected body of representatives was called
House of Burgesses
What ship(s) brought settlers to Jamestown?
Susan Constant, Godspeed, and Discovery
The first Indian to welcome the Pilgrims
Samoset
Georgia’s first permanent settlement
Savannah
first royal colony owned by the King of England
Virginia
South Carolina’s first permanent settlement
Charleston
became the capital of Virginia in 1699
Williamsburg
Lord Baltimore requested American land to begin this colony for English Catholics
Maryland
the Ark and the Dove brought settlers to this colony for religious freedom
Maryland
The name of the colony that is now the state of New York
New Netherland
The Dutch governor of New Netherland who was forced to surrender to the English
Peter STuyvesant
The Swedes who settled in Delaware were the first to build what kind of homes?
log cabins
The proper name for this group of people was the Society of Friends.
Quakers
The man responsible for establishing a settlement at PHiladelphia
William Penn
Count von Zinzendorf was the leader of what group of people, a group active in missionary work.
Moravians
The Indian who lived with the Pilgrims and helped them to survive.
Squanto
the man who claimed part of North America for England in 1497
John Cabot
one of the first missionaries spurred by the Great Awakening
David Brainerd
the first governor of Jamestown
Lord De La Warr
the minister of the colony of Plymouth
Elder Brewster
the second governor of Plymouth and the author of Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
founded the first colony to offer complete religious freedom in America
Roger Williams
Connecticut-born preacher who was one of the first leaders in the Great Awakening; he preached a series of sermons about salvation
Jonathan Edwards
English evangelist who preached throughout the colonies, sometimes to 20,000 people at once
George Whitefield
America’s first black woman writer to have a book published
Phillis Wheatley
hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Captain Miles Standish
planned and directed the building of the first Georgian settlement
James Oglethorpe
married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Know these locations on the map of the North and Central America
Labrador Peninsula Baja California Florida Peninsula Ungava Peninsula Yucatan Peninsula Alaska Peninsula
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.
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