chapter 3

Question 1

man who founded a town called Hartford, which joined with two other towns to become Connectuict

Answer 1

Thomas Hooker-

Question 2

pastor who founded a town that grew and became Rhode Island

Answer 2

Roger Williams-

Question 3

the belief that government should not meddle in church matters

Answer 3

Separation of Church and State-

Question 4

man who started a colony where people of any religion would be free to worship as they chose

Answer 4

William Penn-

Question 5

religious group that believes people have an “inner light” to guide them; the society of friends

Answer 5

Quakers-

Question 6

one of the first examples of representative government in America

Answer 6

House of Burgesses-

Question 7

government in which the people elect men or women to represent them

Answer 7

Representative government-

Question 8

man who was granted land to begin a colony for catholics

Answer 8

Lord Baltimore-

Question 9

• man who lead the first group of settlers to Maryland

Answer 9

Cecilius Calvert

Question 10

man who established the colony of Georgia because of his concern for debtors

Answer 10

James Oglethorpe-

Question 11

a colony that was directly controlled by the king or ruling monarch

Answer 11

Royal Colony-

Question 12

a colony that had the king’s permission to choose its own governor

Answer 12

Proprietary colony-

Question 13

meeting of men in which everyone could have a say in decisions & voting would be decided by the majority

Answer 13

Town meeting-

Question 14

an appointed leader who would settle problems, hold trials for people accused of crimes and collect taxes

Answer 14

Justice of the peace-

Question 15

had the wealthiest income and owned large land holdings, had large homes and kept servants and slaves

Answer 15

Upper class-

Question 16

owned some land and a few servants or slaves worked as tradesmen, farmers, shopkeepers and ship contains

Answer 16

Middle class-

Question 17

depended on their masters for their daily needs, was made up mainly of servants indentured servants and slaves

Answer 17

Lower class-

Question 18

a building where puritans held their church services

Answer 18

Meeting house-

Question 19

Bostonian woman who was tied in court and expelled from the massachusetts colony for teaching heresy

Answer 19

Anne Hutchinson-

Question 20

a belief contrary to scripture

Answer 20

Heresy-

Question 21

a school for neighborhood children taught by one woman in her home

Answer 21

Dame school-

Question 22

a school where boys were taught Greek, Latin, Math & writing

Answer 22

Grammar school-

Question 23

the first textbook printed in the colonies

Answer 23

New England Primer-

Question 24

the first two colleges founded in New England

Answer 24

Harvard and Yale-