| Section 1 - First English Settlements | ||
| #1 | What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
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Jamestown |
| #2 | What did they call the winter after John Smith left? | the starving time |
| #3 | Why did the English want to settle on Roanoke Island? | to provide new markets for English products and raw materials for English industries |
| #4 | Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact? | They landed so far away from Jamestown they needed a way to govern their colony fairly. |
| #5 | What had been guaranteed by English law since the 1200s? |
the right to a trail by jury |
| Section 2 - New England Colonies | ||
| #1 | The Puritans wanted freedom of worship for who? | Only themselves!! No one else!! |
| #2 | How did Anne Hutchinson feel about Puritan teachings? | She disagreed with the Puritan teachings. |
| #3 | Did Puritan influence increase or decrease by the 1670s? | decrease |
| #4 | Most Puritans did not want to completely separate from the Church of England. Name the Puritan minister who did and where he went to settle. | Roger Williams - Rhode Island |
| #5 | Pilgrims were also known as..... | Separatists |
| Section 3 - The Middle Colonies | ||
| #1 | Name the four states that made up the Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
| #2 | What was the main difference between the founders of Penn and Mass? | The Quakers in Penn favor religious toleration unlike the Puritans in Mass. |
| #3 | Delaware was originally part of what colony? | Pennsylvania |
| #4 | True of False - New York actually began as a Dutch settlement called New Netherland? | True! |
| #5 | What type of colonies were New York and New Jersey in the beginning? | Proprietary |
| Section 4 - The Southern Colonies | ||
| #1 | Describe the Tidewater region. | flat, swampy, lowland area along the southern coast |
| #2 | Why did Bacon's Rebellion fall apart? | Nathaniel Bacon became sick and died. |
| #3 | True or False - James Oglethorpe wanted South Carolina to be a safe place for debtors. | False - Georgia |
| #4 | Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired in the 1760s to do what? | Settle a land dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania. |
| #5 | Maryland's 1649 Act of Toleration only protected who? | Christians only |
| What, what colony am I in? | ||
| #1 | What marked the start of representative government in North America? | The House of Burgesses |
| #2 | True of False...John Winthrop felt like their way of life (the Puritan way)should be an example to others. | True |
| #3 | George Calvert was looking for a safe place for what religious denomination to live safely? | Catholics |
| #4 | Fun Fact - Georgia originally banned this institution in their colony, but it didn't last. | slavery |
| #5 | What was Pennsylvanian's nickname? | America's Breadbasket |
| Final Question | |
| What type of established church did Rhode Island support? | none; people of all faiths could worship freely |