VCJH History 8 Colonial America

Question 0

What proportion of colonists lived on small family farms?

Answer 0

A

Question 1

The American colonies were settled by what groups and from what country?

Answer 1

Puritans and separatists from England

Question 2

Separatists from England wanted what?

Answer 2

To be free of catholic tyranny. To have less ritual and tradition in their worship of God.

Question 3

What were the group of separatists called who came to America?

Answer 3

Pilgrims

Question 4

Martin Luther was a monk in what faith?

Answer 4

Catholic Church

Question 5

To be forgiven for sins the Catholic Church required what?

Answer 5

To be paid

Question 6

Who led the disagreement with the Catholic Church over payment for forgiveness of sins?

Answer 6

Martin Luther

Question 7

Who prevented the separatists from breaking off and establishing other churches in England?

Answer 7

The King of England He made laws against establishing new churches.

Question 8

What ship did the pilgrims board to come to America? What year did they come?

Answer 8

Mayflower 1620

Question 9

What was the Mayflower contract?

Answer 9

An agreement about how the pilgrims would live. Like a mini constitution.

Question 10

Who was the ruler when Jamestown was established? What year?

Answer 10

King James 1607

Question 11

What city did the Pilgrims leave from? What did they call their new home?

Answer 11

Plymouth, England. Plymouth

Question 12

How many original Pilgrims came to America? What year?
Ten years later there were how many people in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
By 1943 there were how many people in Plymouth?

Answer 12

Originally 100 but many died in the first winter
1630 - 1,000
1643 - 20,000

Question 13

Who helped the Pilgrims survive that first year? What did the Pilgrims do as a thank you?

Answer 13

Native Indians

Help a big feast which has become our Thanksgiving

Question 14

What happened to the relationship between the Indians and Pilgrims over time?

Answer 14

The Pilgrims kicked the Indians out of their own land and they were displaced and starved.

Question 15

When did Massachusetts became a colony?

Answer 15

1629

Question 16

What was the name of the indian that helped the Pilgrims out?

Answer 16

Squanto

Question 17

Rhode Island was established by whom? He go the land from who?

Answer 17

Rover Williams

Narragansett

Question 18

Connecticut was established when?

Answer 18

1636 by Hooker and 100 settlers

Question 19

What two colonies were part of each other until they split in 1679?

Answer 19

Massachusetts and New Hampshire

Question 20

New York was originally owned by England. Who took it over? Who then took it over and how did it get the name New York?

Answer 20

The Dutch conquered it and named it new Amsterdam. In 1664, King Charles took it back and gave it to his brother the Duke of York which is how it got the name New York.

Question 21

New Jersey was created from land given by who to whom?

Answer 21

King Charles gave his brother land next to New York.

Question 22

How did Pennsylvania come to be?

Answer 22

King Charles II owed a debt to William and gave him the land. He named it Pennsylvania.

Question 23

How did the Carolinas come to be? What was the first town named?

Answer 23

1663 Charles gave land to eight people. They separated the land into North Carolina and South Carolina.

Charleston in honor of King Charles

Question 24

How did Georgia come to be?

Answer 24

James owed a debt to the people. He paid the debt with land given to him by King George. In honor of that they named the colony Georgia.

Question 25

What were the three colonial societies? Describe them.

Answer 25

New England - Believed they could rule themselves. "Let each colony govern themselves" Middle colonies - Half were skilled artisans and shopowners. Rich. Southern society - farms, plantations and slaves. 1/5 were slaves.

Question 26

Where did they hang the witches?

Answer 26

Gallows Hill

Question 27

Who was the first person accused of being a witch and hanged?

Answer 27

________ Bishop

Question 28

What was the Great Awakening?

Answer 28

A religious movement to revive people's faith in God away from just rituals. It spread the idea that all people are equal in God's eyes. Paved the way for the American Revolution.

Question 29

Describe Puritan church services.

Answer 29

Long - 5 hr services Mandatory - Captains of the watch ensured everyone attended Preferential - older, wealthy people got the best seats

Question 30

Slavery in America began in which colony and for what purpose?

Answer 30

Virginia to help in tobacco plantations. It soon spread to all the colonies but was most prevalent in the Southern Colonies.

Question 31

How did the Atlantic slave trade work?

Answer 31

Slave traders brought cloth, guns and rum to West Africa to trade for human cargo. The slaves were then sold in the colonies.

Question 32

Why did slaves have little hope of making a better life for themselves?

Answer 32

They were forced to work hard, usually in the fields, without hope of freedom. They were stuck at the bottom of society.

Question 33

What was the greatest danger from living in the city? | How was this danger dealt with?

Answer 33

Fire. Houses were made of wood and had thatched roofs. Houses were lit by torches and candles.

Question 34

How did colonists see themselves? How did this impact their idea about their rights?

Answer 34

English citizens. Thought they should have same rights given to all Englishmen - right to representative government give in Magna Carta(1215) and Bill of Rights (1689).

Question 35

How did these documents strengthen the rights of English citizens? 1215 - Magna Carta 1265 - Parliament, laws 1689 - English Bill of Rights, taxes

Answer 35

Magna Carta established that a king did not have absolute power to rule. Parliamnet