Colonial test study

Question 1

Who were the Puritan, Pilgrims and Separatists

Answer 1

Were all Calvinists and wanted to find a place where they could practice own religion.
Puritans - the Puritans wanted to purify/reform the church of England

Pilgrims - founded Plymouth

Separatists - wanted to separate from the church of England

Question 2

House of Burgesses

Answer 2

Where all the Burgesses went to meet (Burgesses are government representatives)

Question 3

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 3

Bacon wanted to expand into the land that was owned by the natives but Berkley didn’t want that but stop Berkley Bacon burnt down Jamestown and forced Berkley to flee.
This is important because it was the start of slavery.

Question 4

Tobacco

Answer 4

Cash crop people harvested it and sold it to make money. (you couldn’t eat it)

Question 5

Slave codes

Answer 5

Laws that slaves had to follow and were treated like property not humans.

Question 6

Plymouth

Answer 6

A place

Question 7

What does “City upon a hill” mean

Answer 7

It means to be an example society and be above everyone else.

Question 8

Hooker/Williams/Hutchinson

Answer 8

they all fled to different colonies because of their rules

Question 9

George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards

Answer 9

They lead Sermons during the Enlightenment period.

Question 10

Jamestown

Answer 10

The first permanent colony led by John Smith many hardships like disease conflicts with the Natives and were interested in finding gold than planting crops so no food

Question 11

Charter

Answer 11

Colonial charters were approved when the king gave a grant of exclusive powers for the governance of land to proprietors or a settlement company.

Question 12

John Smith

Answer 12

Ran James Town with an Iron fist

Question 13

Virginia Company

Answer 13

Funded the expedition to the Americas and why Virginia called Virginia

Question 14

Proprietary colony

Answer 14

A colony that the King/Queen hired a person to run

Question 15

Mayflower Compact

Answer 15

A pledge that people signed that united the government and forced people to follow the laws.

Question 16

Enlightenment

Answer 16

A period of realization where lots of people started inventing stuff like Isaac Newton and Ben Franklin.

Question 17

Dissent

Answer 17

to hold an opinion that differs from the public

Question 18

Roanoke

Answer 18

Home to the first group of English colonists randomly disappeared they fled inland and probably died from massacrer, sickness or natives killed them.

Question 19

Persecution

Answer 19

Picking or being mean to someone

Question 20

Indentured servant

Answer 20

A servant that gets paid in food and clothes and only lasts for 5 years

Question 21

Middle Passage

Answer 21

A journey that slaves took to get from Africa to the Americas very harsh conditions for the slaves

Question 22

Royal Colony

Answer 22

A colony owned by the Royal family

Question 23

John Winthrop

Answer 23

Gave the “City upon a Hill” speech

Question 24

Great Awakening

Answer 24

Time when new religions started

Question 25

Sermons

Answer 25

to talk on a religious or moral subject

Question 26

William Pen

Answer 26

Founded Pennsylvania

Question 27

Quakers

Answer 27

The Quackers were a group of religious people who had different believes than the rest of the people in England which caused them trouble and sent some to jail. So they moved to the New World and settled in Pennsylvania were they created things called Quacker meetings were they only spoke if they thought god wanted them to. They also believed that you had to show the actions of a religion if you were that religion so they helped poor people fought for women’s and Natives Rites, they were also peaceful.