Chapter 3 Test (Stump) Flashcards
Since the 1200s, the king and queens of England where limited in their powers by what law-making body?
Parliament
What was England’s first permanent settlement in North America? What is a charter and who was it granted to?
John Smith
A charter is a document issued by the government and was granted to the Virginia company of London.
What is a form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them? What is a law-making body called?
Representative government
House of Bergesses
What is a pilgrim? What is their religious name?
People who travel for religious reasons. Religious name is Separatists.
What does the holiday of Thanksgiving commemorate
A day to give thanks.
Name the 4 England colonies. Briefly describe New England’s climate and geography
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Winters are long and cold, summers are short and warm. Hills, mountains, forest.
What other religious group came to New England in 1630? Who led them.
Puritans
John Winthrop
What women was forced to leave Massachusetts for preaching? Where did she go?
Anne Hutchins
Rhodesia Island
What were the town meetings established to do in most New England towns?
Decide local issues, manage affairs, speak your mind… all encouraging democratic ideas.
Who was “King Philip?”
The leader of Wampanoag
Name the 4 Middle Colonies. Briefly describe the middle colonies climate and geography?
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Low lands, Fertile soil (well suited for crops), warmer with longer growing season.
Which colony began as Dutch settlement? What was it originally called?
New York
New Netherlands
What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony? His is New Jersey different than New York?
Proprietary-is land granted by a king or queen to an individual or family.
New York is royal and New Jersey is proprietary.
What Quaker started the colony of Pennsylvania? What does Philadelphia mean?
William Penn
City of Brotherly love
The western section of Pennsylvania is considered part of what?
The back country
Name the 5 southern colonies. Briefly describe the southern colonies climate and geography.
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
Tide water, flat low lands, rolling hills(piedmont)
What rebellion started over farmland between rich, poor, and Native Americans.
Bacon’s rebellion
(Nathaniel)
What colony started by James Oglethorpe? Hey did he want to start it?
Georgia
The have protection for English debtors
What type of agriculture developed in the Tidewater region? What types of farms quickly developed there?
Rice and tobacco
Plantation system
What was the first European colony set-up in the modern-day United States? What state was it in? Who owned it?
St. Augustine
Northern Florida
Spain
What was the main function of the Spanish Borderlands?
Was to protect Mexico from other European powers
What Spanish settler introduced the horse culture to the Native Americans of the southwest and Great Plains of the modern-day United States?
Juan de Oñate
What is the difference between presidio and Pueblo settlement?
Presidio- military posts or forts
Pueblo- civilian towns,plaza, church, businesses
