Staar Points 1&2 Flashcards
Founded by the pilgrims, would later become the Massachusetts bay colony.
Plymouth(1620)
The first permanent English settlement in America.
Jamestown (1607)
Englishman who wanted to seep rate from the Church of England, left England to escape persecution by the king.
Pilgrims
Englishman who wanted to “purify” or change the Church of England.
Puritans
Document signed by the pilgrims to set up self-government in the Plymouth colony, they agreed to make their own laws and obey them.
Mayflower compact
Founder of Connecticut the “founder if American democracy”l
Thomas hooker
Plan of government adopted by the colony, called the “first written constitution in America”
Fundamental orders of Connecticut
Puritan minister banished from MA, founded Rhode Island with Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams
Established maryland as a colony where Catholics could worship freely
Lord Baltimore
Established Georgia as a colony for debtors.
James Oglethorpe
Founded Pennsylvania as a colony where Quakers could worship freely. He supported freedom of religion and welcomed immigrants.
William penn
NY newspaper editor in the 1730s, arrested for accusing the governor of corruption, acquitted when his attorney proved he was right, helped establish the idea of freedom of press.
John Peter Zenger
(MA, CT, RI, NH) cold climate and rocky soil led to an economy based on small farms, trade, and merchants.
New England colonies
(PA, DE, NJ, NY) rich soil, thick forests, a diverse economy led to settlement by people from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds.
Mid-Atlantic (middle) colonies
(VA,NC,SC,GA,MD) warm climate, flat/rich soil led to an economy bases on cash crops grown on large plantations using slave labor.
Southern colonies
