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What are the 4 colonies that were in the New England region? Answer

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

What 4 colonies were in the Middle Colonies? Answer

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

What 5 colonies were in the Southern region? Answer

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

What was the first English Settlement in North America? Answer

Jamestown

Which colony did the Plymouth settlement become a part of? Answer

Massachusetts

Who founded the Rhode Island Colony? WHY? Answer

Roger Williams --> church and state should be separated and wanted religious freedom.

Who founded Georgia and whom did he found it for? Answer

James Ogelthorpe, for debtors to have a fresh start and for a buffer b/w Georgia and Florida.

Who founded this colony? Which of the New England colonies limited the power of government (especially the governor)? Who founded this colony? Answer

Connecticut; Thomas Hooker

This colony was taken from the Dutch in 1664 after a long rivalry. What was the original name of this colony? What was the new name of this colony? Answer

New Netherland, New York

What colony was founded by Swedish Settlers? Answer

Delaware

What did the Pilgrims want when the came to America? Answer

Religious Freedom

Even though the Pilgrims wanted RELIGIOUS FREEDOM, in what way did they not offer Freedom of Religion for everyone? Answer

They wanted everyone to follow their religion.

Which of the New England colonies had religious tolerance and religious freedom? Answer

Rhode Island

What is the Act of Toleration? The Daily Double! What is the Act of Toleration? What colony was this act passed in and why was it passed? Answer

It was passed in Maryland Law that gave Christians (Catholics and Protestants) freedom of religion to ensure Catholics would not have their rights taken away. It was passed in Maryland The law excluded non-Christians (ex. Jewish people).

What religion did William Penn practice? Describe this religion. Answer

Quaker. Despised in England for their beliefs like equality for everyone, they were anti-war, and they believed that women should have rights.

What were the main crops in the Carolinas? Answer

Rice Indigo Tobacco

In Virginia, this revolt happened because settlers felt that their colonial government would not help them to fight Native American groups over land and resources. In this revolt, Jamestown was burned down. Answer

Bacon’s Rebellion

As result of the growth of Plantations, and the labor required to produce rice and indigo, what began to establish itself in South Carolina? Answer

Slavery

What is an area or a country under the control of another, often distant, country called? Answer

A Colony

What document gives the right to start a colony. Answer

A Charter

Without his leadership, Jamestown definitely would not have survived Without his leadership, Jamestown definitely would not have survived. Who is he? Answer

John Smith

This was the first European settlement (not English) in the New World This was the first European settlement (not English) in the New World. What was it called? Answer

St. Augustine, Florida

This English colony failed and vanished without a trace. What was it? Answer

Roanoke

Since the Pilgrim didn’t land in Virginia like they were supposed to, they were forced to make this document to establish order in their colony. What was it called? Answer

The Mayflower Compact

Who first planted tobacco in the New World? Answer

John Rolfe