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| What group settled in Massachusetts? | Puritans |
| What did the Puritans call their colony? | Massachusetts Bay Colony |
| Since so many Puritans came to Massachusetts from England, it became known as the what? | Great Migration |
| What were some of the Puritan beliefs? | very strict about religion, went to church all day on Sunday and required by law, also had a strong belief in education |
| What school was set up to train Puritan ministers? | Harvard |
| Who settled Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| What was the world's first Constitution? | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| Who settled Rhode Island? | Roger Williams |
| What colony had the most religious freedom of all? | Rhode Island |
| How did the Native Americans lives change witht he settling of the colonies? | Many were pushed westward |
| How did most people in New England make their living? | Shipbuilding and fishing |
| What were the four New England colonies? | Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire |
| What country settled New Amsterdam? | Netherlands |
| People from the Netherlands were called what? | Dutch |
| Who was the governor of the New Netherlands? | Peter Stuyvesant |
| New Netherlands later became the city of ___. | New York |
| How did New Jersey become a colony? | Split from New York since New York was too large. |
| Who founded Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| Why was Pennsylvania founded? | a refuge for Quakers |
| Quakers were also called what? | Society of Friends |
| What did the people in the Middle colonies do for a living? | farming |
| So many people in the Middle Colonies farmed they were called what? | breadbasket colonies |
| The area along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains was called _____. | Backcountry |
| What was the Mason-Dixon line? | A line that divides the North from the South |
| Why was Maryland set up? | As a refuge for Catholics |
| Who set up Maryland? | Lord Baltimore |
| What ws the Act of Toleration? | It said that Maryland would tolerate any religion that settled in Maryland. It did not extend to Jews so Rhode Island had the most religious freedom. |
| What natural barrier discouraged western expansion? | Appalachian Mountains |
| Who settled the Carolinas? | The 8 noblemen |
| Why did the Carolinas split? | North Carolina was the rich plantation owners and South Carolina was the smaller farmer |
| Why was Georgia established? | As a home for English debtors and to protect the Carolinas from the Native Americans in Florida |
| Who settled Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| Who was the first group to speak out against slavery? | Quakers |
| What is mercantilism? | When one country controls a colony economically |
| Under mercantilism, where did all raw materials in the colonies have to be sent? | England |
| Why didn't England encourage manufacturing in the colonies? | It would ensure a market for English goods |
| What were the Navigation Acts? | It said that all goods to the colonies had to be carried on English ships |
| What were the Navigation Acts? | They said that all the goods to the colonies had to be carried on English ships |
| What ws the triangular trade route? | Trade route where the New England colonies got sugar from the West Indies, they made the sugar and molasses into rum, they then took the rum to Africa and brought slaves back to the colonies |
| Most English colonies were ruled by a ________. | Governor |
| Merchants in New England who wer hard working and clever were called? | Yankees |
| What was the Glorious Revolution? | When James II was removed from office by Parliament and replaced with William and Mary of the Netherlands |
| What was the English Bill of Rights? | A list of rights that were for everyone and they were passed by William and Mary and is similar to our Bill of Rights |
| Most people in the coloines belonged to the Middle class that was called ______. | Gentry |
| Whgat were indentured servants? | People who had someone pay their way to the new world and in return they had to work for them without pay for about 4 to 7 years. |
| What was the Great Awakening? | When many people began to question religious practices and many new religions developed. Once people started questioning religion, they began to question other things such as government |
| Which colony set up the first public schools? | Massachusetts |
| How were people in the South educated? | with tutors |
| What ws an apprentice? | Someone who lived with a master craftsman to learn a trade. He worked without pay and the master provided him with food, clothing, and training |
| What were Dame schools? | Schools held in a woman's home to teach girls to quilt, sew, etc. |
| Who discovered the law of gravity? | Newton |
| What was the Enlightenment Period? | When people tried to use scientific reasoning to explain events |
| Who wrote Poor Richards Almanac? | Ben Franklin |
| What is libel? | Publishing something unjustly that may damage a person's reputation. |
