chapt. 1

Question 1

Colonies founded mainly for religious reasons; included Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, & Connecticut (Puritans, Plymouth, Mayflower Compact, Public Education)

Answer 1

New England Colonies

Question 2

Most diverse group of colonies; included NY, Pennsylvania, Delaware, & New Jersey (Quakers)

Answer 2

Middle Colonies (mid Atlantic)

Question 3

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

Answer 3

Southern Colonies

Question 4

System that promised 50 acres of land to settlers coming to New World

Answer 4

Headright System

Question 5

System in which Southern colonies relied on large farms owned by few rich individuals; slaves and/or servants needed

Answer 5

Plantation system

Question 6

Individuals who could not pay for trip to North America so they agreed to work for an landowner for up to 7 years in exchange for the landowner paying for the trip

Answer 6

Indentured Servant

Question 7

Wealthy, upper class in Southern colonies

Answer 7

Gentry

Question 8

Religious group that wanted to establish a community built solely on “pure biblical teaching” rather than Anglican traditions. People of this belief settled at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Later others who shared their beliefs settled further north and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 8

Puritans/pilgrams

Question 9

Episode in Puritan New England where several young girls were accused of being possessed by the devil; several were brought to trial and some even put to death

Answer 9

Salem Witch Trials

Question 10

Strongest in New England colonies; laws passed requiring communities of a certain size to build a school. Generally, boys attended these schools. In South, poorer folks taught children at home while those with more money often hired tutors or sent children to Europe for their education

Answer 10

Public Education

Question 11

Religious group that started Pennsylvania; believed in equality of sexes; did not recognize class differences; practiced nonviolence (pacifism); sought to deal fairly with Native Americans. Made Pennsylvania more tolerant of other religions

Answer 11

Quakers

Question 12

Philosophy in which English government essentially left colonies alone to govern themselves

Answer 12

Salutary Neglect

Question 13

Governments in which individuals elect others to speak for them

Answer 13

Representative government

Question 14

governments that must obey a set of laws, usually in a printed document

Answer 14

Limited Government

Question 15

Document signed by King John I in 1215 that granted the nobles various legal rights and prevented the king from imposing taxes without the consent of a council.

Answer 15

Magna Carta

Question 16

Document signed by King John I in 1215 that granted the nobles various legal rights and prevented the king from imposing taxes without the consent of a council.

Answer 16

Magna Carta

Question 17

Legislative body of the British government; composed of 2 houses, House of Lords and House of Commons; it, not the king, had authority to impose taxes. Some of laws it passed angered the colonies and led to calls for independence

Answer 17

Parliament

Question 18

Guaranteed key freedoms to British people; king could not impose taxes, citizens had right to speedy trial, to petition the government; punishments could not be cruel or unusual

Answer 18

English Bill of Rights

Question 19

Law based on tradition or past court decisions rather than on a written law

Answer 19

Common Law

Question 20

Rights that every human being is born with and that no government can take away

Answer 20

John Lockes naturals rights/inalienable rights

Question 21

Philosophy which states that there is no implied contract between a government and its citizens; for the good of society, people agree to give up some of their freedoms so that government can maintain order

Answer 21

Social Contract Theory

Question 22

Established in Virginia in 1619; first example of limited self-government in British colonies; had both elected and appointed members

Answer 22

House of Burgesses

Question 23

Men appointed by the king (crown) who were technically in charge of colonies

Answer 23

Royal governors

Question 24

Elected bodies consisting of local residents of the colony that came to possess most of the power; usually had two houses; one house was appointed by the governor while the other was elected by eligible votersents that must obey a set of laws, usually stated in a printed document

Answer 24

colony legislature