Jamestown
the right to a trail by jury
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
What had been guaranteed by English law since the 1200s?
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What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
| Jamestown |
What did they call the winter after John Smith left? | the starving time |
Why did the English want to settle on Roanoke Island? | to provide new markets for English products and raw materials for English industries |
Why did the Pilgrims create the Mayflower Compact? | They landed so far away from Jamestown they needed a way to govern their colony fairly. |
What had been guaranteed by English law since the 1200s? | the right to a trail by jury |
The Puritans wanted freedom of worship for who? | Only themselves!! No one else!! |
How did Anne Hutchinson feel about Puritan teachings? | She disagreed with the Puritan teachings. |
Did Puritan influence increase or decrease by the 1670s? | decrease |
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 |
Pilgrims were also known as..... | Separatists |
Name the four states that made up the Middle Colonies | New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware |
What was the main difference between the founders of Penn and Mass? | The Quakers in Penn favor religious toleration unlike the Puritans in Mass. |
Delaware was originally part of what colony? | Pennsylvania |
True of False - New York actually began as a Dutch settlement called New Netherland? | True! |
What type of colonies were New York and New Jersey in the beginning? | Proprietary |
Describe the Tidewater region. | flat, swampy, lowland area along the southern coast |
Why did Bacon's Rebellion fall apart? | Nathaniel Bacon became sick and died. |
True or False - James Oglethorpe wanted South Carolina to be a safe place for debtors. | False - Georgia |
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon were hired in the 1760s to do what? | Settle a land dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania. |
Maryland's 1649 Act of Toleration only protected who? | Christians only |
What marked the start of representative government in North America? | The House of Burgesses |
True of False...John Winthrop felt like their way of life (the Puritan way)should be an example to others. | True |
George Calvert was looking for a safe place for what religious denomination to live safely? | Catholics |
Fun Fact - Georgia originally banned this institution in their colony, but it didn't last. | slavery |
What was Pennsylvanian's nickname? | America's Breadbasket |