Social Studies English Colonies Test

Push and Pull Factors for NJ

Push: no major port or harbor, proprietors made few profits

Pull: large tracts of land, freedom of religion, trail by jury, a representative assembly

Push and Pull Factors for MD

Push: religious conflicts and restrictions, there were boundary-line arguments

Pull: it was a safe place, all people were land, agreements made sure that people could worship freely

Push and Pull Factors for VA

Push: the area comes with hardships, disease, and hunger, there was a starving time, companies faced financial troubles

Push and Pull Factors for MA

Push: religious discrimination, economic hard times, lack of tolerance

Pull: had religious beliefs

Push and Pull Factors for RI

Push: forced people to worship in certain ways, settlers took land from Native Americans

Pull: safe place for dissenters

Push and Pull Factors for CT

Pull: good farming, adopted government plans

Push and Pull Factors for NY

Push: proprietors controlled everything for awhile

Pull: citizens were eventually allowed to elect their legislature, diverse population, NYC grew quickly

Push and Pull Factors for PA

Pull: the colony was nearly as big as England, people were treated equally

Push and Pull Factors for NC

Push: lacked a good harbor

Pull: they had lots of crops that helped them thrive

Push and Pull Factors for GA

Push: people were imprisoned if they could not pay their debts, the limits on landholding and the bans on slave labor and rum made people mad

Push and Pull Factors for DE

Pull: had their own legislature

Push and Pull Factors for SC

Pull: lots of fertile land, trading helped them thrive

Push and Pull Factors for NH

Push: lots of people from other places settled there

Pull: became independent

John Smith

Smith forced settlers to work, was a captain, built ties with and got food from the local Powhatan people, and got injured and returned to England for treatment.

Anne Hutchinson

held meetings in her home to discuss and give her views on religious teachings. Charged with dishonoring the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Banished in 1637 for preaching her good works

Roger Williams

Minister who founded the Rhode Island Colony. Forced by Massachusetts leaders to leave the colony, found refuge with the Native Americans, he founded one of the safest colonies. Disagreed with the thought of religious discrimination, and taking away land from the Native Americans, his colony was very tolerant.

William Penn

wealthy English Quaker, received the land of Pennsylvania, believed that everyone was equal, he was also a pacifist, active proprietor, sailed to America, designed the city of Philadelphia, wrote Pennsylvania’s first constitution, negotiated treaties, organized many of the most functionable and prosperous counties.

Puritans

a group of English protestants

Pilgrims

someone who travels to a shrine or sacred place. It cal also mean simply a “traveler”

Quakers

a protestant group that had been persecuted in England, and founded the colony of Pennsylvania, society of friends, treated everyone as equal, and were also known as pacifists, was a nice place to live, founded the walking purchase along with William Penn

fundamental orders of CT

constitution of CT

Charles II

king of England, couldn't pay his debts from the war with money so he paid with land, gave land to Penn, duke of York, and the 8 nobles

James Duke of York

received the land of New York, renamed it after himself, he took the land from the Dutch, NY was originally New Amsterdam/New Netherlands

Act of religious toleration

in Maryland, you could worship any Christian religion, started as a colony for Catholics, protestants came later, gov. passed the law - the act of religious toleration,

James Olgethorpe

groups of poor and debtors, in the colony of georgia, Georgia didn’t grow quick because there was a lot of rules from the King and James Olgethorpe

what was the relationship with the indegenous people

Willaim Penn and Roger Williams were nice to them, and wanted English people to treat them fairly and pay them for their land

Push and pull factors for all the colonies

1 - economics

2- people wanted to make money

3- people wanted religious freedom

4- land given by the king