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  • What law did William Penn make in Pennsylvania?
    Only Quakers could live there.
  • What is commission?
    The authority to lead soldiers.
  • What people came to live in New York?
    The Dutch, Germans, and Swedes.
  • Why didn't tobacco from Jamestown sell very well at first?
    It tasted too bitter.
  • What were the beliefs of the Quakers?
    Everyone is equal, you should never fight, people can choose their own religion.
  • Who was Sir George Carteret?
    One of the governors of New Jersey.
  • What was the area of New Jersey originally called?
    New Netherlands.
  • What was the most important crop in Jamestown
    Tobacco
  • What made South Carolina successful?
    A large port, fertile farmland, and the Indigo flower.
  • Why is Roanoke a unique colony?
    The colonists vanished with little evidence on where they went.
  • Why is the word Croatoan important to the Roanoke colony?
    It was carved into a post in the colony and is the only evidence of what happened to the colonists.
  • What was the main source of money for North Carolina?
    Lumber and tobacco.
  • Who did Sir Calvert get to run the colony of Maryland?
    His brothers.
  • What was the historical relationship between John Smith and Pocahontas?
    She saved his life and they became friends.
  • What is a proprietary colony?
    A colony where an owner bought all the land and makes the rules.
  • Who was Anne Hutchinson?
    A woman put on trial for heresy because she spoke out about religion in Massachusetts Bay.
  • Who were the "strangers" on the Mayflower?
    People that were not Pilgrims.
  • What was New York originally called?
    New Amsterdam.
  • What is a Pilgrim?
    A person who moves to a new place for religious reasons.
  • Who started the colony of Georgia?
    Poor people and debtors.
  • What does the word dissent mean?
    To disagree with a common belief.
  • Who took New Jersey from the Dutch?
    The English.
  • What was the relationship like between Jamestown colonists and the Native Americans?
    It started off well, but the colonists wanted too much from them.
  • What was the official church of England?
    Anglican.
  • Who was Nathaniel Bacon?
    A rebellious leader from Virginia.
  • Who were the Separatists?
    People that wanted to start a new religion.
  • Who originally owned the area of New York?
    The Dutch.
  • What was the Mayflower Compact?
    A set of rules made by the Pilgrims.
  • How did the Calverts get people to move to their colony?
    They gave each settler 100 acres.
  • What were some problems faced by the colonists at Jamestown?
    Many starved to death or died of illness.
  • Who were the Puritans?
    People that wanted to change their religion.
  • What does the word persecute mean?
    To harm or harass someone because of their religion.
  • Sir George Calvert was the owner of the Maryland colony. What was his official title?
    Lord Baltimore.
  • Why did farmers let the soil wait three years before they could replant tobacco?
    Tobacco used too many nutrients from the soil.
  • Who were the Patroons?
    Wealthy landowners who governed regions of New York.
  • How did Governor Berkeley of Virginia feel about Native Americans?
    He thought we should be friends with them unless they are our enemy.
  • Which family did the Calvert family have border troubles with?
    The Penn family.
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