New England Colonies-Southern Colonies-middle colonies Flashcards
(138 cards)
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George Calvert was also known as who
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The first Lord Baltimore
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The Maryland become a proprietary colony
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1634
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George Calvert First converted to which religion
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Catholicism
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What is George Calvert son’s name
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Cecilius calvert
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The first settlement in Maryland
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St. Mary’s
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Who is Maryland named after
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Charles wife
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What does the assembly in St. Mary’s become
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A bicameral legislature
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When did the act of toleration begin
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1649
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What was the act of toleration
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Written statement of religious freedom
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What crop did Maryland grow
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Tobacco
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What type of colony were the carolinas
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Proprietary colony
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Where did the Carolina land come from
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8 proprietors in 1663
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Name three of the eight proprietors that granted the land of the carolinas
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Sir John calleton
Governor William Berkley
Sir Anthony Ashley Cooper
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Which grew faster South Carolina or North Carolina
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South Carolina
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What was the first town in the carolinas? Who set it up?
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Bath The hugonauts(Calvinists)
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Which of the carolinas grew tobacco
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North Carolina
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When was the town of bath set up
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1704
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Who surveyed the boundary between North Carolina and Virginia
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William Byrd
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Why did ships come to the southern portion of the carolinas? Where did they land?
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They landed in Barbados to pick up slaves
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What town was created in 1670 in South Carolina
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Charles town
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When and where was Charles town moved to
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Moved to the mouth of the Ashley and cooper rivers in 1680
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What was Charles town renamed as
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Charleston
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Who authored the fundamental constitutions of the carolinas
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Ashley cooper and John loche
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Who was the first political scientist in the carolinas
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John loche
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Three things in the fundamental constitution
Authorization of an army
Religious toleration
Head rights
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What were head rights
The southern version of patroonships
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When did both carolinas become Royal colonies
18 century
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What was indigo
Blue dye used to manufacture clothing
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What crop was made in South Carolina
Rice and lumber
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What was the last British colony established
Georgia
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When was Georgia established
1732
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Who got the charter of land for Georgia
James Oglethorpe
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When did Georgia become a royal colony
1753
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What was the first town in Georgia? When was it established?
Savannah in 1733
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What two reasons was Georgia established
It was used to border the Spanish in Florida
| Experiment for debtors and minor criminals
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What three crops did Georgia produce
Lumber, rice, indigo
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What woman was important for making indigo
Eliza Lucas Prickney
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What crop quickly used up the soil in the southern colonies
Tobacco
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What would be the majority race in South Carolina in the mid 18 century
Black
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The New York land was granted to Charles the 2 brother. What was his name
James duke of York
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Who inhabited New York before the British
The Dutch
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What did the Dutch call New York
New Netherlands
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Who oversaw the Dutch
Peter Stuyvesant
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What did the duke of York do to take over new Netherlands
Raised an army but stayed in England
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Did the English and Dutch fight for New York
No
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How many wars were fought between the English and the Dutch
Three
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What were new Amsterdam and fort orange named by the British
New York City
| Albany
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When did the Dutch briefly reoccupy New York
1673-1674
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Two Dutch families that would hold three future presidents
Van burden
| Roosevelt
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Who did Charles II grant the land Pennsylvania to
Sir admiral William Penn
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Who insisted on naming the Pennsylvania colony after sir admiral William Penn
Charles II
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When was William Penn born
October 14,1644
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Who granted the Massachusetts bay colony
Charles 1
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When did settlers come to Massachusetts bay
1630
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Who came to Massachusetts bay first and why did they come
11 ships carried 1000+ settlers to escape the 30 years war
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Which Puritan lawyer was part of the Massachusetts bay colony
John Winthrop
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Why did the pilgrims and puritans come to the new world
Practice faith without interruption
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System of government by the founders of Massachusetts bay
The general court
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How many freemen were on the general court? What did you have to be?
130 church members
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What three jobs did the general court have
Approve blue laws
Vote for governor
Deputy governor
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What did the general court talk about at town meetings
Things they were not happy about
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Who founded Rhode Island
Roger Williams
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What did roger Williams believe should be separated
Church and state
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Letting the church mind the church and the government mind the government
Civil jurisdiction
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What was the official name of Rhode Island
Rhode Island and providence plantation
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What made roger Williams different from other colonial founders
He believed that the land belonged to Native Americans
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What was a seeker
Sought the ultimate truth and did not accept one denomination
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Who became the first seeker
Roger Williams
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When was the town Newport founded
1639
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When was the town Warwick founded
1640
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When was the town Portsmouth founded
1638
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Why did roger Williams go back to England in 1643-1644
To get a charter for the Rhode Island land
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How many charters did roger Williams get for Rhode Island
2
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Woman who was banished from Massachusetts bay and went to Rhode Island
Anne Hutchinson
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Why was Anne Hutchinson banished from Massachusetts bay
Heresy that grace is more important than good works
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When was Anne Hutchinson and her family murdered
1645
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Who founded Connecticut
Rev. Theophilus eaton and john Davenport
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What were the body of rules in Connecticut and when were they created
Fundamental orders in 1639
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What did the fundamental orders state
All men could vote
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15 towns had been established in Connecticut by what year
1662
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From 1662-1665 which colony was absorbed into Connecticut
New haven
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Who established New Hampshire and when
John wheelwright 1639
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When was Exeter compact created
1639
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In 1641 New Hampshire fell under the jurisdiction of which colony
Massachusetts bay
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What did New Hampshire become in 1679
Royal colony
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What were the two means of livelihood in New England
Fishing and farming
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Where is the best place to get an education
Harvard
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Pequot war
Pequots killed trader John oldham then John endicott gahered settlers and killed or sold the pequots
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What was the New England confederation
Massachusetts bay, Plymouth, Connecticut, and New Hampshire form a protection against native Americans
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Where did William penn go to college
Oxford
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What were William penn's two writings that he wrote in college
No cross no crown
| The sandy foundation shaken
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Why was William penn expelled from Oxford
His writings
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What did William penn convert to
The society of friends
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Who started the society of friends
George fox
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Where did pen go after he was expelled
Paris
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A derogatory term for a member of the society of friends
Quaker
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Six beliefs for members of the society of friends
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No formal ministry and no church
Full participation of women
Religious toleration
Did not take oaths
Pacifists
The inner light
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Who gets Pennsylvania when sir admiral William penn dies
William penn
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Where does William penn land when he comes to America
New castle Delaware
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What city does penny go to
Philadelphia
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What does William penn call Philadelphia
Greene country towne
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How did William penn Set up philadelphia
Rectangular grid
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When does William penn go back to England
Fall of 1682 until 1684
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Who does Penn form a peace treaty with
A a Native American Delaware tribe
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What language did William penn learn
The native Delaware language
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What did William penn write in regards to government
The frames of government
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What was the government that William penn set up like
Bicameral with a proprietor and a governor who could veto
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Who was the proprietor of the Pennsylvania government
William penn
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What were the two groups in Pennsylvania government
Councilers and the assembly
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What were the original numbers of the bicameral government in Pennsylvania? What were they reduced to?
72 councilers reduced to 18
| 200-500 assembly members reduced to 32
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Why did penn go back to England a second time
Boundary dispute with Calvert
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When was the boundary dispute settled? Who settled it?
1767 by Charles mason and Jeremiah Dixon
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What frame did penn add in 1701
Charter of liberties
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When did William penn have a stroke
1712
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When did William penn die
1718
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What was Delaware known as
Lower counties (part of Pennsylvania)
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When was Delaware granted the right to choose their own assembly
1701
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Where was the first Delaware assembly met
New castle
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How long did Delaware have the same governor as Pennsylvania
The revolution
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Who set up New Jersey
Sir George carteret
| Sir John Berkley
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Who is the first New Jersey governor
Philip carteret
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In 1676 what two parts was New Jersey separated into
East and west jersey
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In 1674 who did Berkley sell his rights to
Edward byllinge
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When does George carteret die
1681
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How many proprietors end up in New Jersey
24
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What were four well known towns in New Jersey
Elizabethtown
Newark
Perthamboy
Salem
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When were east and west jersey United
The beginning of the 18 century
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What state did new jersey share a governor with
New York
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In 1738 who became the governor of New Jersey
Lewis Morris
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What were the three great river systems in the middle colonies
Delaware river
Hudson River
Susquehanna river
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What were two famous ports in the middle colonies
New York City
| Philadelphia
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Who can the middle colonies thank for good relations with native Americans
William penn
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What staple crops did the middle colonies have
Wheat,oats, barley, potatoes, livestock
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What were five ethnic groups in the middle colonies
Scotch-Irish, English, Dutch, swedes, Germans
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What was the largest colonial city
Philadelphia
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The first proprietary southern colony
Maryland
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First English governor of New York
Richard nicolls
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First New England city
Boston
