13 Colonies

What is a colony?

A territory or group of people controlled by a distant nation.

What were the three regions of English colonies in America?

New England, Middle, South.

What religious issues were taking place in England?

The King made a new church that many people disagreed with and were persecuted for not following the national church.

Who were the Puritans?

A group of people from England who were persecuted for their beliefs. They created Massachusetts to be a Puritan colony.

What is a charter?

A permission given to a group of people by the king of England to make a colony in America.

What kind of colony did the Puritans create in Massachusetts?

A republic where free men of the Puritan church could vote for reps. To go and make laws and decisions in the General Court. This was a charter colony.

What were Roger Williams' ideas on religion and governments?

He thought that the government should not intervene in religion in any way.

What caused and what was the result of King Philip's War?

Native Americans and settlers were competing for land. The settlers won and destroyed Native power in the region.

How did England gain control of New York?

By using force and sending the Navy to take control.

What did New Jersey offer to potential settlers?

Representative government and trial by jury.

What did William Penn offer in Pennsylvania, and why?

Treated all Native men and Settlers equally because he believed that all men are created equal.

What was attractive about moving to Virginia?

There was a lot of fertile farm land.

How did farming lead to a growth of slavery in the Southern colonies?

The vast farms in the region required lots of work and more crops could be grown faster with the help of slaves.

What is an indentured servant?

Someone who paid for their travel to the colonies through being a servant for a period of time (usually 7 years).

What was Bacon’s Rebellion and what lesson did the gov. learn?

Farmers turned on the gov because they wanted them to fight off Native Americans so they could have more land. The gov. learned to help the people

What happened regarding religion in Maryland?

Was created for Catholics to practice freely, taken over by protestants who persecuted the catholics.

What were common products in North and South Carolina?

NC: Timber tar and tobacco. SC: Rice and indigo.

Why was Georgia created?

As a place for debtors to go because prisons were expensive and full in England.