New England Colonies-Southern Colonies-middle colonies Flashcards
George Calvert was also known as who
The first Lord Baltimore
The Maryland become a proprietary colony
1634
George Calvert First converted to which religion
Catholicism
What is George Calvert son’s name
Cecilius calvert
The first settlement in Maryland
St. Mary’s
Who is Maryland named after
Charles wife
What does the assembly in St. Mary’s become
A bicameral legislature
When did the act of toleration begin
1649
What was the act of toleration
Written statement of religious freedom
What crop did Maryland grow
Tobacco
What type of colony were the carolinas
Proprietary colony
Where did the Carolina land come from
8 proprietors in 1663
Name three of the eight proprietors that granted the land of the carolinas
Sir John calleton
Governor William Berkley
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
Which grew faster South Carolina or North Carolina
South Carolina
What was the first town in the carolinas? Who set it up?
Bath The hugonauts(Calvinists)
Which of the carolinas grew tobacco
North Carolina
When was the town of bath set up
1704
Who surveyed the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia
William Byrd
Why did ships come to the southern portion of the carolinas? Where did they land?
They landed in Barbados to pick up slaves
What town was created in 1670 in South Carolina
Charles town
When and where was Charles town moved to
Moved to the mouth of the Ashley and cooper rivers in 1680
What was Charles town renamed as
Charleston
Who authored the fundamental constitutions of the carolinas
Ashley cooper and John loche
Who was the first political scientist in the carolinas
John loche
Three things in the fundamental constitution
Authorization of an army
Religious toleration
Head rights
What were head rights
The southern version of patroonships
When did both carolinas become Royal colonies
18 century
What was indigo
Blue dye used to manufacture clothing
What crop was made in South Carolina
Rice and lumber
What was the last British colony established
Georgia
When was Georgia established
1732
Who got the charter of land for Georgia
James Oglethorpe
When did Georgia become a royal colony
1753
What was the first town in Georgia? When was it established?
Savannah in 1733
What two reasons was Georgia established
It was used to border the Spanish in Florida
Experiment for debtors and minor criminals
What three crops did Georgia produce
Lumber, rice, indigo
What woman was important for making indigo
Eliza Lucas Prickney
What crop quickly used up the soil in the southern colonies
Tobacco
What would be the majority race in South Carolina in the mid 18 century
Black
The New York land was granted to Charles the 2 brother. What was his name
James duke of York
Who inhabited New York before the British
The Dutch
What did the Dutch call New York
New Netherlands
Who oversaw the Dutch
Peter Stuyvesant
What did the duke of York do to take over new Netherlands
Raised an army but stayed in England
Did the English and Dutch fight for New York
No
How many wars were fought between the English and the Dutch
Three
What were new Amsterdam and fort orange named by the British
New York City
Albany
When did the Dutch briefly reoccupy New York
1673-1674
Two Dutch families that would hold three future presidents
Van burden
Roosevelt
Who did Charles II grant the land Pennsylvania to
Sir admiral William Penn
Who insisted on naming the Pennsylvania colony after sir admiral William Penn
Charles II
When was William Penn born
October 14,1644
Who granted the Massachusetts bay colony
Charles 1
When did settlers come to Massachusetts bay
1630
Who came to Massachusetts bay first and why did they come
11 ships carried 1000+ settlers to escape the 30 years war
