Chapter 3- Founding Of The New Colonies

Question 1

In 1629 what joint stock company was created by Puritan businessman?

Answer 1

Massachusetts Bay

Question 2

Who is the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony?

Answer 2

John Winthrop

Question 3

What great college was founded in 1636?

Answer 3

Harvard

Question 4

What act established the first town school system?

Answer 4

The old diluter Satan act

Question 5

What man is remembered as the apostle to the Indians?

Answer 5

John Elliot

Question 6

Name one of the three aspects of the Puritan work ethic.

Answer 6

(1) Man is called to work
(2) all work has a sense of nobility
(3) A Christian serves God Best by working diligently and faithfully in his calling

Question 7

Who was the best known Connecticut pioneer?

Answer 7

Thomas Hooker

Question 8

In 1636 he founded what town in Connecticut?

Answer 8

Hartford

Question 9

What document is considered to be the first constitution in America?

Answer 9

The fundamental orders of Connecticut

Question 10

Why is the fundamental orders of Connecticut important?

Answer 10

It sets a precedent for representative government.

Question 11

Who was the founder of the colony where religious freedom took lasting root?

Answer 11

Roger Williams

Question 12

What colony did Roger Williams found?

Answer 12

Rhode Island

Question 13

Where was the first Baptist Church of America founded?

Answer 13

Rhode Island

Question 14

What was Americas first voluntary union?

Answer 14

The new England Confederation

Question 15

Who were they defending against?

Answer 15

(1) against unfriendly Indians
(2) against the Dutch in new Netherland who had their eyes on fertile new England soil
(3) against the French in the Great Lakes region who are beginning to move south

Question 16

What man tried to force the colonist into the dominion of New England?

Answer 16

Sir Edmund Andros

Question 17

In 1609 who sailed his ship the half moon into New York pay into the river that now bears his name?

Answer 17

Henry Hudson

Question 18

Who purchased Manhattan Island from the Indians?

Answer 18

Peter Minuit

Question 19

In 1638 settlers from Sweden established what fort in honor of the young queen of Sweden?

Answer 19

Fort Christina

Question 20

Who introduced log cabins to the New World?

Answer 20

The Swedish

Question 21

What is a proprietary colony?

Answer 21

A colony that is granted by the king to the proprietor. The proprietor then with certain limitations can do whatever he wants to the colony.

Question 22

When the English took over new Netherland a new Amsterdam we’re renamed what?

Answer 22

New York

Question 23

What is another name for the society of friends?

Answer 23

The quakers

Question 24

What man was the son of a prestigious Englishman became a quaker and wanted to found the colony for the Quakers.

Answer 24

William Penn

Question 25

What city is this city of brotherly love

Answer 25

Philadelphia

Question 26

What colony was started to get Pennsylvania means to the Atlantic Ocean

Answer 26

Delaware

Question 27

What colony was the first successful proprietary colony?

Answer 27

Maryland

Question 28

Lord Baltimore wanted Maryland to be a haven for what religious group?

Answer 28

The Roman Catholics

Question 29

What colony was the name for Charles the second

Answer 29

Carolina

Question 30

What city in Carolina was founded by settlers in the year 1680?

Answer 30

Charles Town

Question 31

Who was the big promoter of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 31

James Oglethorpe

Question 32

Who was James Oglethorpe trying to help?

Answer 32

debtors