Exam 1

Question 1

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 1

Provided her own interpretation of the minister’s sermons. Expelled from the colony. Settled in Rhode Island.

Question 2

James Oglethorpe

Answer 2

(Georgia) - sought to assist the worthy and poor and provide them with land, employment, and a new start. Paid their passage and gave them 50 acres of land.

Question 3

William Penn

Answer 3

He was granted all of the land between New Jersey and Maryland. Hoped to send all English Quakers to pennsylvania.

Question 4

Sir Raleigh

Answer 4

Argued it would provide an ideal location for tropical commodities, base to disrupt Spanish trade, search for a passage to the Orient, and expand Protestantism

Question 5

John Rolfe

Answer 5

tobacco, married pocahontas.

Question 6

John Smith

Answer 6

“if you don’t work, you don’t eat”

Question 7

Roger Williams

Answer 7

Urged people to accept complete separation of the church and state.

Question 8

John Winthrop

Answer 8

“city on a hill”

Question 9

City Upon a Hill

Answer 9

The colony was to serve as a model of Christian values. Kicked Puritans out.

Question 10

Charles Town

Answer 10

Became the center of economic, social, and political life in the region.

Question 11

Chesapeake Bay

Answer 11

Navigation Acts, goods could be shipped to English ports.

Question 12

Jamestown

Answer 12

104 men set up a fort on an inland peninsula (thought it would provide protection from the Spanish) Many died of disease and conditions. They ate each other. Massachusetts.

Question 13

Plymouth

Answer 13

Dutch government permitted religious freedom.

Question 14

Rhode Island

Answer 14

Founded by Roger Williams.

Question 15

Roanoke

Answer 15

Mysteriously disappeared within a few years of being established.

Question 16

Salem

Answer 16

Where witches got killed, founded by John Winthrop.

Question 17

Georgia

Answer 17

recruiting the poor and assisting the worthy poor. Did not want alcohol and slavery.

Question 18

Headright System

Answer 18

Current settlers received 100 acres / new settlers received 50 acres

Question 19

Dominion of New England

Answer 19

William and Mary of Orange assumed the throne, agreed to work WITH Parliament, and dissolved the Dominion of New England (English Bill of Rights). Ruled by a rural governor.

Question 20

Formation and Diversity of New York

Answer 20

The diversity made it difficult to govern. When he took control, New York had 9,000 colonists. Dutch, Belgians, French, English, Portuguese, Swedes, Finns, and Africans (free and slave). Due to varied ethnicity, there were many different religious groups