unit 1a Flashcards
(32 cards)
Which colonies were created by settlers who left the Puritan colony of Massachusetts?
Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire
Which colony was created by the puritans?
Jamestown
Which colony was created after the English took over New Netherlands?
New York
Which colony promised large tracts of land, trial by jury, religious freedom, and a representative government to encourage settlement?
New Jersey
Which colony was created by William Penn and the Quakers?
Pennsylvania
Which colony was originally settled by Swedes under the government of Pennsylvania?
Delaware
Which colony was established so that Catholics could have religious freedom?
Maryland
Which colony was created so debtors could get a fresh start and to provide protection from Spanish Florida?
Georgia
Which colony is the setting for the book WITCH OF BLACKBIRD POND?
Connecticut
a way of seeing or looking at something from your perspective is the definition of…
Point of view
the relationship between two or more events in which they act upon and are connected to one another is the definition of the term…
cause/effect
discovery leads to exploration, which in turn leads to colonization is an example of…
cause/effect
A way of passing on ideas by word-of-mouth
Storytelling
A document that gives the holder of the right to organize settlements in an area is the definition of the term…
Charter
A company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of its future profits is the definition of the term…
Joint stock company
A 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way into the colony is the definition of the term…
Headright
A person who puts money in a project in order to earn a profit is the definition of the term…
Investor
Labor who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America is the definition of the term…
Indentured servant
Separatist who journeyed to the colonies during the 1600s for a religious purpose is the definition of the term…
Pilgrim
A large estate run by an owner or manager farmed by laborers who d there is the definition of the term…
Plantation
Person or country that owes money is the definition of the term…
Debtor
What is the crop that made Jamestown successful and wealthy?
Tobacco
Who saved Jamestown’s leader Capt. John Smith from having his brains beat out
Pocahontas daughter of the Indian chief Powhatan
After facing early problems Jamestown survived because of the leadership of captain
john smith
