MOD 3 us history

puritans wanted to ______ the church

purify/reform

Pilgrims wanted to ______ the church

seperate

Who was Maryland a refuge for?

Catholics

Who was Georgia a refuge for?

debtors

Who was Roger Williams?

Founder of Rhode Island and he believed in the separation of church and state.

importance of indentured servants in Virginia

Indentured servants brought more people to Virginia, increasing the colony

How did climate affect the agriculture in the SOUTH colonies

Farms did well because the southern colonies enjoyed a warm climate and a long growing season.

How did climate affect the agriculture in the MIDDLE colonies

With a good climate and rich land, farmers there could grow large amounts of staple crops—crops that are always needed.

How did climate affect the agriculture in the NEW ENGLAND colonies

often harsh climate and rocky soil meant that few New England farms could grow cash crops. Most farming families grew crops and raised animals for their own use.

What major group settled in Maryland?

Catholics

How did John Smith help Jamestown?

helped Jamestown by creating strict rules like if you don't work, you can't eat.

Importance of the Toleration Act of 1649

ensured religious freedoms to Christian settlers of different denominations who settled in Massachusetts.

Example of higher education in the colonies.

Harvard college was created

Who were the Quakers?

A group of Protestants that settled in Pennsylvania

• Practiced religious tolerance

• Believed in the equality of all people

How did the English treat slaves compared to the Dutch?

English were more strict than Dutch

How was the economy in the SOUTH colonies?

agriculture, cash crops, many slaves

How was the economy in the MIDDLE colonies?

lots of trade, staple crops

How was the economy in the NEW ENGLAND colonies

Lots of trade, fishing, educated

how were the economies of NEW ENGLAND and MIDDLE colonies similar?

both had lots of trade

Head right system

Incentive to come to America; if you pay your way, you get 50 acres of land and 50 more acres for each person you bring

English Bill of Rights.

Limits the king also gave colonists the ability to elect representatives

Who was Thomas Hooker

Puritan leader who founded Connecticut

What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

first written constitution in America/stated the powers and limits of government

Why did Pilgrims and Puritans leave Europe?

to avoid religious persecution

Dutch influence in New York

Originally named it New Amsterdam, and brought the first african slaves

Proclamation of 1763

law forbidding English colonists to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains

Problems Jamestown faced

Disease, lack of preparation, and war between the Native americans and colonists

How was slavery in the SOUTH colonies

relied on slavery, many rules for slave, treated harsh

How was slavery in the MIDDLE colonies

very little slaves; farmed only enough for family

How was slavery in the NEW ENGLAND colonies

little slaves, many indentured servants

William Penn

Quaker who made Pennsylvania, limited his power and accepted all religions and women.

John Locke

English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights/ part of the enlightenment

Effects of the Great Awakening

Caused people to question the government

House of Burgess

Elected assembly in colonial Virginia, created in 1618.

Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch

Founded New Netherland (now new york), was forced to surrender to English

importance of "town meetings"

Were the center of political life and allowed to govern colonies easier.