Test Study Review

Question 1

The legislative branch of government, usually lower of the two law making bodies is referred to as an ____________

Answer 1

Assembly

Question 2

A plant from which blue dye is made is called __________

Answer 2

Indigo

Question 3

_______________ was a Roman Catholic friend of King Charles I of England.

Answer 3

Lord baltimore

Question 4

Lord Baltimore was given land _______and_______ of virginia

Answer 4

North and east

Question 5

A law passed in 1649, guaranteed freedom. Of worship to all Christian’s in Maryland is called the _____________________

Answer 5

Toleration act

Question 6

A _________ is someone who owes something, usually money, to another person

Answer 6

Debtor

Question 7

Something that is marked by success of economic well being is ______________

Answer 7

Prosperous

Question 8

A ________ is a person who settles on land without owning it or paying rent

Answer 8

Squatter

Question 9

There are ____ southern colonies

Answer 9

5

Question 10

The 5 southern colonies are __________,_________,_________,_________,__________

Answer 10

Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, and south Carolina

Question 11

_________ was the last of the 13 colonies on the mainland of North America.

Answer 11

Georgia

Question 12

One reason for Georgia’s existence

Answer 12

It was set up to protect prosperous south Carolina from raids by the Spaniards and Indians in florida

Question 13

Another reason for Georgia’s existence

Answer 13

Known as the home for debtors

Question 14

In the 1700s if people couldn’t pay of their debts they were put in ______

Answer 14

Jail

Question 15

In what generation were people put in jail if they couldn’t pay off their debts

Answer 15

1700s

Question 16

What are people that cant pay of their debts called

Answer 16

Debtors

Question 17

A group of ______________ thought that putting debtors in jail was unfair because the debtors wouldn’t be able to make the money while they were in jail

Answer 17

Wealthy men

Question 18

The wealthy men that thought that putting debtors in jail wasn’t fair because they wouldn’t be able to make the money while they were in jail went to ________________ to ask if the debtors could be released

Answer 18

King George II

Question 19

King George II agreed to let the debtors out of jail ONLY if they would become ________________ in a new colony called Georgia

Answer 19

Part-time soldiers

Question 20

__________________ was one of the wealthy men that had a problem with debtors being in jail

Answer 20

James oglethorpe

Question 21

James Oglethorpe became governor of the new colony called ______________

Answer 21

Georgia

Question 22

There are ___ colonies that came from Dutch possession out of the 13 colonies

Answer 22

3

Question 23

The 3 colones that came form Dutch possession were ___________,___________, and____________.

Answer 23

New York, New Jersey, and Delaware

Question 24

___________________ was renamed New York

Answer 24

Dutch new Amsterdam

Question 25

Dutch new Amsterdam was renamed New York in _______

Answer 25

1644

Question 26

Dutch new Amsterdam was renamed New York in 1644 when _______________________

Answer 26

When the English seized it

Question 27

New Jersey was named by ________________________

Answer 27

Sir George carteret

Question 28

Delaware was named by _______________________

Answer 28

Lord de la war