Final Study Guide Colonial era

Question 1

Define Puritans

Answer 1

a member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship.

Question 2

Colonial economy

Answer 2

Mercantilism

Question 3

Mercantilism

Answer 3

belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism

Question 4

Middle colonies

Answer 4

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

Question 5

Define Quaker

Answer 5

a member of the Religious Society of Friends, a Christian movement founded by George Fox circa 1650 and devoted to peaceful principles. Central to the Quakers’ belief is the doctrine of the “Inner Light,” or sense of Christ’s direct working in the soul. This has led them to reject both formal ministry and all set forms of worship.

Question 6

William Penn

Answer 6

an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, early Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania, the English North American colony and the future Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Question 7

Benjamin Franklin

Answer 7

one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. A renowned polymath, Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, civic activist, statesman, and diploma

Question 8

Southern Colonies

Answer 8

Virginia, Carolina and Georgia

Question 9

Tobacco

Answer 9

1. ) a preparation of the nicotine-rich leaves of an American plant, which are cured by a process of drying and fermentation for smoking or chewing.
2. ) the plant of the nightshade family that yields tobacco, native to tropical America. It is widely cultivated in warm regions, especially in the US and China.

Question 10

Slave labor

Answer 10

Labor that is coerced and inadequately rewarded, or the people who perform such labor

Question 11

Pocahontas

Answer 11

was a Virginia Indian notable for her association with the colonial settlement at Jamestown, Virginia

Question 12

John Smith

Answer 12

John Smith, Admiral of New England, was an English soldier, explorer, and author

Question 13

Southwestern colonies

Answer 13

Same as southern

Question 14

Catholic missions

Answer 14

Missionary work of the Catholic Church has often been undertaken outside the geographically defined parishes and dioceses by religious orders who have people and material resources to spare, and some of which specialized in missions.

Question 15

Conquistador

Answer 15

a conqueror, especially one of the Spanish conquerors of Mexico and Peru in the 16th century.

Question 16

New England Colonies

Answer 16

Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire