Staar Points 2 Flashcards
(8 cards)
Establish Maryland as a colony where Catholic should worship freely
Lord Baltimore
Founded Pennsylvania as a colony where Quakers as a colony for debtors
James Oglethorpe
Puritan minister banished from Massachusetts, founded Rhode Island with Anne Hutchison
Roger Williams
Founded Pennsylvania as a colony where Quakers could worship freely. He supported freedom of religion and welcomed immigrants
William penn
New York newspaper editor and the 1730s, arrested for accusing the governor of corruption, acquitted when his attorney proved he was right, help to stab Lish the idea of freedom of the press
John Peter zegner
(MA,CT,RI,NH) Cold climate and rocky soil what to an economy on small farms, trade, and merchants
New England colonies
(PA, DE, NJ, NY) rich soil, thick forest,a diverse economy led to settlement by people from many different religious and ethnic backgrounds
Mid- Atlantic ( middle ) colonies
(VA, NY, SC, GA, MD) warm climate, flat/rich soil lead to an economy based on cash crops grown on large plantations using slave labor
Southern colonies