New England Colonies Test Flashcards
Who helped the pilgrims survive Plymouth
The Wampanoag tribe
Which joint stock company sponsored the Jamestown settlement
The Virginia company
Which group was persecuted by their government
Puritans in England
Which crop saved Jamestown
Tobacco
Where was the first place in America where religious tolerance was practiced
Rhode Island
The mayflower compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as a
Law and order contract
Protestants who wanted reform the Anglican Church were called
Puritans
What was the first written constitution in American
The fundamental orders of Connecticut
What was the Europeans powers primary goal in establishing colonies in the americas
Accumulating wealth
What cleared the way for England to start colonies in North America
Defeat of Spanish armada
Why did king James grant a royal charter to the Virginia company
He acquired land that the Virginia company explored
Which quotation from Ignatius of Loyola best explain the Jesuits motivation for missionary work
Love involves “a mutual sharing of goods…. Hence, if one has knowledge, he shares it with the one who does not possess it.”
The colony at Roanoke was primarily intended to help England solve what sort of problem
Military
How did colonial New England differ from other regions in the colonies
It developed as thriving ocean-based economy
What was the results of the attack on Mystic Fort
The English escaped the conflict until the Pequot people were eventually wiped out
Who were the first settler of New Hampshire
English immigrants who desired wealth
Who has the most power in a town meeting in colonial New England
A white subsistence farmer
Thomas Hooker disagreed most strongly with the Puritans
Religious intolerance
Which factor contributed most to the tensions between early English settlers in New England and native Americans
The colonists’ increasing demand for land
Which factor most limited the productivity of farmers in colonial New England
A short growing season
Why were ministers the most powerful people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony
Puritans cared more about religious rules than civil wars
Which of these values was most important to William Penn
Religious tolerance
In what way was democracy limited in colonial Pennsylvania
The proprietor chose the governor
What is the New Jersey document from 1644 New Jersey
Democratic principles
Which statement about the middle colonies is most accurate
Settlements were built around port cities
Why where the middle colonies differed from the other English colonies because they
Supported religious diversity
Why did Penn most likely sign the Walking Purchase document
To make sure the colonists and the Native American could co-exist peacefully
Which of the following is a physical feature of the middle colonies
Wide, navigable rivers
Which of these groups were persecuted by their government
Puritans
Which statement best explains why king James granted a royal charter to the Virginia company
He acquired land that the Virginia company explored
Which was the European powers primary goal in establishing colonies in America
Accumulating wealth
Which quote from Ignacio’s if Loyola best explains the jesuits motivation for missionary work
Love involves “a mutual sharing of goods… hence, if one has knowledge, he shares it with one who does not possess it”
The colony at Roanoke was primarily intended to help England solve which problem
Military
Which value was important to William penn
Religious tolerance
In what way was democracy limited in colonial Pennsylvania
The proprietor chose the governor
The document about the agreement between the proprietors and settlers of New Jersey is an example of
Democratic principles
What statement about the middle colonies is most accurate
Settlements were built around port cities
Why did the middle colonies differ from the other English colonies
Supported religious diversity
Why did penn most likely sign this document
To make sure the colonists and the Native Americans could co exist peacefully
Which of the following is a physical feature of the middle colonies
Wide, navigable rivers
What was a typical meal of a family living in the middle colonies
Vegetables grown in their garden and meat from an animal hunted nearby
Where did most enslaved people live
On large plantation in the south
Which factor had the greatest impact on the type of education a family’s children received
The region of the colonies where the family lived
Which occupation were common among the upper class in the northern colonial
Lawyers and merchants
A woman in colonial America would have had the
Right to choose her own husband
Which person in colonial America would have most relied on the gentry for the success of their business
A portrait painter in Boston
In colonial America, African Americans who were not enslaved
Could often pursue careers of their choosing
Which colony was not a middle colony
New Hampshire
What was the main reason that people signed up to become indentured servants
To pay for transportation to the colonies
Who resolved the border dispute between Pennsylvania and Maryland
Mason and Dixon
Jamestown settler saved their colony by planting
Tobacco
Which of the following is not a type of American colony
Compact colony
Which colony was created so debtors and poor people could start over and also as a buffer zone-between South Carolina and Florida
Georgia
The two main cash crops of South Carolina were
Rice and indigo
Which group maintained the friendliest relations with native Americans
The French
Who attacked Native American villages, set fire to Jamestown, and drive governor William Berkeley into exile
Nathaniel bacon
Which English colony was the first to allowed religious freedom of all religions
Rhode Island
The middle colonies differed from the other English colonies because they
Supported religious diversity
Who founded Pennsylvania
William penn
Why was slavery more common in the southern colonies than other regions of North America
The climate made it possible to grow valuable but labor-intensive crops
The people who were given huge tracts of land in exchange for bringing at least 50 settler with then to the new Netherlands were called
Patroons
The founder of Rhodesia island was
Roger Williams
Which colony was led by John Winthrop and based in Boston
Massachusetts bay company
Who founded the colony Georgia
James Oglethorpe
The movement of 15,000 puritans to Massachusetts in the 1630 was called the
Great migration
