American Republic Chapter 2

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New England, Middle, Southern

What are the three groups of colonies?

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Roman Catholics & Protestants

What two religious groups settled Maryland?

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Williamsburg

Which colonial city was the leading center of government and culture in the southern colonies?

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Massachusetts

Which colony was heavily populated during the "Great Migration"?

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tobacco, rice, indigo

What are the three cash crops of the Carolina colonies?

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William Penn

Who was given a colony as a payment of debt?

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Royal

What type of colony was directed by a king?

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Joint-stock companies

What helped raise money to support a NEW colony?

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New England colonies

Which colonies were all original colonies?

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Cecilius Calvert

Which Lord Baltimore established a colony for Roman Catholics?

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Connecticut

Which colony was settled by people from Massachusetts Bay who wanted more land?

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Savannah

What was the first settlement of Georgia?

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Separatists

What religious group did the Pilgrims belong to?

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Act of Toleration

What act did Maryland pass that guaranteed religious freedom?

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John Winthrop

What governor wanted Massachusetts to be a "City upon a Hill"?

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Roger Williams

Who disagreed with the Puritan leaders of Massachusetts Bay Colony?

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James Oglethorpe

Founder of Georgia

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land for debtors

What was Georgia known as?

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1620

What year did the Pilgrims reach America?

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Roger Williams

What man founded Providence?

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Society of Friends

What name did the Quakers go by?

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New Netherland

What did New York previously go by?

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Patroons

name for those who received larger grants of land in the Dutch Colony

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

first written constitution drawn up in America

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Charter colonies

founded by a charter containing the rules governing where the colony would be located and how it would be administered

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Proprietary colonies

a type of colony given to individuals or groups by the king

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New England

colonies that were established for religious freedom

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Pilgrims

Separatists from Scrooby, England

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Mayflower Compact

first document to provide for self-government in the New World

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Samoset

first Indian to greet the English

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Delaware

colony that was first settled by Swedes

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William Bradford

first governor of Plymouth colony

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Rhode Island

First colony to guarantee religious freedom

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Thomas Hooker

Who founded Connecticut?

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New Hampshire

Which colony was founded due to overcrowding in Massachusetts?

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New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

What were the middle colonies?

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Henry Hudson

explored modern day New York, allowing the Dutch to claim the region

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Peter Minuit

governor of the colony responsible for buying Manhattan from the Indians

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patroons

recipients of large land grants for bringing fifty settlers to the New World

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Peter Stuyvesant

tyrannical governor of New Netherland

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Middle Colonies

Which colonies were influenced by other nations?

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New England colonies

Which colonies were primarily settled by the English?

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tobacco

virginia's leading crop

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North and South Carolina

Where did Charles II rewardhis loyal followers with a New World territory?

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warmer climate, single-crop economies, slave labor

three characteristics of Southern colonies

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Quaker

What was William Penn's religion?

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economic freedom political freedom religious freedom adventure

Reasons why English settlers came to America

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Dutch & Swedes

the middle colonies had original settlements y what two groups

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Massachusetts Bay

Which colony required everyone to attend church

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Duke of York (James)

Who did the King of England give the Dutch colony of New Netherland to?