Test 6 Flashcards
Colonial Virginia’s elected body of representatives was called
House of Burgesses
The first written constitution in America was the
Fundamental Order of Connecticut
The Ole’ Deluder Satan Act was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts. What did it establish?
It established the first public schools in America
The first written agreement of self-government inAmerica was
The Mayflower Compact
The Pilgrims established their colony in what place and in what year?
At Plymouth in 1620
The first place Separatists moved for religious freedom was
Holland
This is the year that Jamestown was founded
1607
Who did England defeat in 1588?
The Spanish Armada
Sir Walter Raleigh founded this colony (it is known as the “Lost Colony”)
Roanoke
The first permanent European settlement in the New World was
St. Augustine
These 3 ships brought the settlers to Jamestown
Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery
The first Native American to welcome the Pilgrims was
Samosas
This is the name of Georgia’s first settlement
Savannah
This is the first royal colony owned by the King of England
Virginia
This is South Carolina’s first permanent settlement
Charleston
This is the name of the place that became the capital of Virginia in 1699
Williamsburg
This is the name of the place that Lord Baltimore requested to begin a colony for English Catholics
Maryland
The Ark and the Dove brought settlers to this place for religious freedom.
Maryland
This is the name of the colony that is now the state of New York
New Netherlands
This is the name of the Dutch governor of New Netherlands who was forced to surrender to the English
Peter Stuyvesant
The Swedes (who settled in Delaware) were the first to build this
Log cabins
People who were a part of the Society of Friends were called
Quakers
This man was responsible for establishing a settlement at Philadelphia
William Penn
Count con Zinzendorf was the leader of this group of people _____________ - They were active in missionary work.
Moravians
This Native American lived with the Pilgrims and helped them survive.
Squanto
This is the man who married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
This man planned and directed the building of the first Georgian settlement
James Oglethorpe
This is the man who was hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth
Captain Miles Standish
This woman was America’s first black woman writer to have a book published
Phillis Wheatley
This English evangelist who preached throughout the colonies (sometimes to 20,000 people at once)
George Whitefield
This Connecticut-born preacher who was one of the first leaders in the Great Awakening; he preached a series of sermons about salvation
Johnathan Edwards
This is the man who founded the first colony to offer complete religious freedom in America
Roger Williams
This man was the second governor of Plymouth and the author of the book Of Plymouth Plantation
William Bradford
This man was the minister of the Plymouth colony
Elder Brewster
This is the first governor of Jamestown
Lord De La Warr
This man was one of the first missionaries spurred by the Great Awakening
David Brainerd
This man claimed part of North America for England in 1497
John Cabot
