Original 13 Colonies

Question 0

Who was the leader of Connecticut?

Why?

Answer 0

Thomas Hooker- because he disagreed with Massachusetts and wanted the people to have more power

Question 1

Who was the leaders of Massachusetts? Why? 2 colonies

Answer 1

William Bradford and Joh Winthrop- religious freedom for puritans and pilgrims- Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay

Question 2

Who was the leader of Rhode Island? Why?

Answer 2

Roger Williams- growth of population and more indentured servants

Question 3

Who was the leader of New Hampshire? Why?

Answer 3

Settlers of Massachusetts- population growth and economic opportunities

Question 4

Leader of New York- Why

Answer 4

Henry Hudson, Dutch and Peter Stuyvesant- trading post, religious freedom

Question 5

Leader of New Jersey- Why

Answer 5

John Berkley and George Carteret- economic opportunities and religious freedom

Question 6

Pennsylvania- Why

Answer 6

William Penn- religious freedom for Quakers and other religions- “holy Experiment”

Question 7

Delaware- Why

Answer 7

Swedish people- growth of population, was too far from Pennsylvania capital

Question 8

Maryland- Why

Answer 8

Lord Baltimore- religious freedom for Catholics

Question 9

Virginia- why

Answer 9

John Smith- economic opportunities

Question 10

South and North Carolina- why

Answer 10

Eight nobles- economic opportunities

Question 11

Georgia- why

Answer 11

James Oglethorpe- economic opportunities for debtors

Question 12

New England Colonies

Answer 12

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

Question 13

Middle Colonies

Answer 13

New York, New Jersey, Delaware, Pennsylvania

Question 14

Southern Colonies

Answer 14

Virginia, Maryland, South and North Carolina, Georgia

Question 15

What are the bread colonies?

Answer 15

Middle Colonies- New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware

Question 16

What is the Enlightenment?

Answer 16

Movement in 1700s- rejected traditional ways of life (religion)- emphasized Science and Reason- “The Great Clockmaker”- Rational God

Question 17

What is a indentured servant?

Answer 17

A free person who worked for another person for an amount of time

Question 18

What was the Great Awakening?

Answer 18

Americans had fallen asleep religiously- more emotionally connected- personal bible interpretings

Question 19

What is a charter?

Answer 19

Official permission given by the king to start a new colony

Question 20

What was the starving times?

Answer 20

Hostility for Indians- little food- no work no food policy

Question 21

Mercantilism

Answer 21

More exporting than importing

Question 22

Deism

Answer 22

Rational God- great clockmaker

Question 23

Quakers

Answer 23

People who valued spiritual communication with God- equality of man- no one holy book

Question 24

Puritans

Answer 24

Wanted to purify the Angelica’s church

Question 25

Separatists

Answer 25

Pilgrims- wanted to branch off away from Angelican church and start anew