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Colonial Wrap Up

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  • What was the Act of Toleration? (which two groups)
    Helped keep peace between Catholics and Protestants
  • What is a charter?
    Permission slip to have land
  • Where did Seperatists go before journeying to America?
    Netherlands (Dutch)
  • Who said "no work, no food"
    John Smith
  • How many witches were hung in Salem?
    About 20
  • What was a large part of education for the northern colonies?
    the Bible
  • What was the name of the first permanent English settlement?
    Jamestown
  • What was the name of the tribe that first interacted with the Pilgrims?
    Wampanoag
  • What did schools look like during colonial America?
    Houses and churches
  • Who were the Pilgrims?
    Separatists who journeyed to America because of religion
  • Which colony was founded by the Dutch and later taken over by the English, becoming New York?
    New Netherland
  • What did colonies offer to bring people to their colony?
    Land
  • Who was Lord Baltimore?
    He founded Maryland
  • What three places were involved with the triangular trade?
    Europe, Africa, America
  • What were indentured servants?
    Indentured servants were individuals who worked for a specified period in exchange for passage to the New World.
  • About how many slaves were brought across the ocean on each ship?
    200
  • Name 3 cash crops
    Tobacco, rice, and indigo
  • What is a patroon?
    A person who got land because they moved to a newer colony
  • Why was the French Indian war important?
    It sparked the revolutionary war
  • What was the name of the two Native Americans that first helped the pilgrims?
    Squanto and Samoset
  • What were the two religious groups that wanted to leave England?
    Puritans and Separatists
  • What was the Mayflower compact?
    A set of laws for the pilgrims
  • What were the main reasons that Europeans came to settle in North America during the colonial period?
    Religion and money
  • What was the name of the slave who was originally blamed for bewitching girls in Salem?
    Tituba