British -American Colonies:
Colony
Year
Jamestown & Virginia
1607
Region
Gov’t
South
Original
Purpose
2
Economy:
Facts
How they made $
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What was Roanoke Island?
Relationship with Powhatan?
Importance of John Smith?
How did Jamestown finally become successful?
What is a “Cash Crop”?
What are Indentured Servants?
Why were indentured servants needed in British Colonies?
What was House of Burgesses?
What was the Purpose of the House of Burgesses?
Why did they begin to use African slave labor?
What were the Problems of Poor Frontier farmers?2
Why did Bacon’s Rebellion Occur?3
What were the Results of Bacon’s Rebellion?
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Colony
Plymouth
Year
Region
Gov’t
Original
Purpose
Democracy,
Mayflower
Compact;
Royal Colony
Plymouth & Massachusetts
Mass.
Economy
Facts
1
How are Puritans different from Pilgrims?
3
Who were the Puritans?
H Why did Pilgrims leave Holland?
What was the Mayflower Compact?
Who was original leader of the Puritans?
What was meant by a “City on a Hill”? Why call it that?
What role did religion play in their lives?
Contrast the Jamestown and Puritan settlers ?3
What were the main goals of the Puritans?2
Why was Massachusetts more successful than
Virginia?2
Why was reading and education important to Puritans?
What was a “Covenant” in the Puritan Church?
What was the purpose of “Half-Way Covenant”?
How did the “Elect” influence Puritan life?
Who could be a part of the Puritans gov’t?
2
Plymouth & Massachusetts
What were “Town-Meetings” intended to
accomplish?
Why were “Town-Meetings” important to
the regular citizens?
How does a “theocracy” work differently from secular-based gov’t?
Why were some unhappy with the Puritan Church?
Why were some Puritans unhappy with the Puritan gov’t?
What caused the Salem Witch Trials?2
Summarize the proceedings of “Salem Witch Trials”3
Why did Salem Witch Trials end?
What was the purpose of New England Confederacy?
Why did England take away Massachusetts’s Charter?
Purpose of the Dominion of New England?
Why did the Dominion of New England end?
Why did many not like the Dominion of New England
model of gov’t?2
Why did New England need a positive relationship with England?3
Describe the relationship between the Natives and
New England colonists:
What is the significance of the King Philip’s War?
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New York
Colony
Year
Region
1625
Middle
Original
Purpose
What does “Mid-Atlantic” colonies mean?
3
Royal
Colony
Facts
Economy
Who owned New York before
the English?
Where were the Dutch from?
How did the English takeover New York?
What did the Dutch call New York?
Why did the English want New York? 2
Why was New York easy for the English take over?
How was New York different from the earlier
colonies?2
Why was New York diverse (full of different people)?2
Colony
Year
Region
New
Hampshire
1623
New
England
Colony
Year
Region
1634
South
Maryland
Gov’t
Gov’t
Original
Purpose
Royal Colony Create a fishing
colony from MA
Gov’t
Royal
Governor
Why did Catholics need “protection?”
Economy
Fishing, Trade,
Lumber
Original
Purpose
Economy
1
Facts
Created under King William and Queen Mary and
the new English Constitution.
Facts
Who was Lord Baltimore?
What was the significance of the Maryland Act of Tolerance?
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Colony
Connecticut
Colony
Year
Region
Original
Economy
Purpose
Royal
Religious
2
1633 New
Tolerance for
England Governor
Limited Group
Why was the Connecticut Fundamental Orders significant?
Year
Region
1636
New
England
Gov’t
Gov’t
Original
Purpose
Democratic
& Religious
Freedom
Rhode Island
Describe William’s relations with Natives was
positive.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
Delaware
Year
Region
1638
Middle
Gov’t
Colonists
could choose
Governor
Facts
Who was Roger Williams?
Why did Roger Williams found Rhode Island?2
Contrast Religious Tolerance vs Religious Freedom:
Why were the Puritans upset with Anne Hutchinson?2
Why would many say that Rhode Island is the real 1st
colony founded for religious freedom?
Colony
Who was Thomas Hooker?
.
Economy
1
Why were the Puritans upset with Roger Williams?2
Facts
Original
Purpose
Make money in
trade
Why would the Puritans be against religious tolerance?2
Economy
Trade, Farming
Facts
First settled by the Swedish who called it New
Sweden. It was then taken by the Dutch… who lost it
to the English.
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Colony
North
Carolina
Colony
South
Carolina
Pennsylvania
Colony
Year
Region
Gov’t
Original
Economy
Facts
Purpose
Royal Colony Split from
1
Who were the “Scots – Irish”?
1653 South
Virginia due to
different
geography and
economy
Year Region
Gov’t
Original
Economy
Facts
Purpose
Royal Colony Split from North 3
Why was Charleston important to the South?
1670 South
Carolina due to
different
geography and
economy
Why was one of the crops of South Carolina so important to Why was South Carolina relationship with England very
England?
positive?2
Year
Region
Gov’t
1681
Middle
Original
Purpose
2
Economy
2
Facts
Who was William Penn?
Who were the Quakers?
What were the beliefs of the Quakers?3
Why did many people in England not like the Quakers?2
What was the purpose of Pennsylvania?2
Why did the Quakers feel that Pennsylvania was a “Holy Experiment”?
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PA
Colony
Why were the Quakers called the “Society of
Friends”?
Describe their relationship with the natives was so positive.
Who was invited to live in Pennsylvania?
Who moved to Pennsylvania?
Year
Region
1732
South
Gov’t
Original
Purpose
Royal Colony 2
Georgia
Economy
2
Facts
Who helped design and create the colony of
Georgia?
What type of people chose to move Georgia?
Why was living in Georgia so hard?2
Why was Georgia a priority for the English?
Why was settling in Georgia despite the danger appealing?2
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