History Chapter 2-3

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What is a charter colony?

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a colony governed by a trade company that received its authorization from the king

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What is a proprietary colony?

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the king appointed a proprietor to govern a colony

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What is a royal colony?

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a colony controlled directly by the crown

Front 4

What region did Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire belong to?

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New England Colonies

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What region did New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware belong to?

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Middle Colonies

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What region did Virginia, Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia belong to?

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Southern Colonies

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Which region did puritanism dominate?

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New England Colonies

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What region did anglicanism dominate?

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Southern Colonies

Front 9

What region was religiously diverse?

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Middle Colonies

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Which region was established as an economic venture and was seeking natural resources to provide material wealth to the mother country and themselves?

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Southern Colonies

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Which region was primarily made up of religious reformers and separatists who were seeking a new way of life to glorify God and for the greater good of their spiritual life?

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New England Colonies

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Which region welcomed people from various and diverse lifestyles and included all three varieties of social political structure: villages, cities, and small farms?

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Middle Colonies

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Which area was a refuge for Catholics?

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Maryland

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Which agreement bound the settlers into a "civill body politick" by which they agreed to submit to the laws and duly elected leadership of the colony?

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The Mayflower Compact

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Which document has been called the first written constitution in America, and established a framework for representative self-government in Connecticut?

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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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Which act established religious toleration which provided that no one professing a belief in Christ should be troubled in the free exercise of his religion?

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The Toleration Act of 1649

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the leader of the thirty-five Pilgrims who boarded the Mayflower

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William Bradford

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the governor of the Puritan colony; dreamed of establishing a "wilderness Zion"

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John Winthrop

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the Puritan minister who moved three congregations into the Connecticut River Valley

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Thomas Hooker

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a Puritan who gained a reputation as a troublemaker for his declarations of England's possession of Indian land being a "natural sinne" as well as his complete advocation of the separation of church and state; established a settlement called Providence after being banished by the General Court

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Roger Williams

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a leading dissident of Rhode Island; established Antinomianism (the teaching that outward obedience to the Scriptures were unnecessary to demonstrate an inward relationship to God)

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Anne Hutchinson

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an Englishman explorer who sailed westward to America in hopes of finding a channel through which to reach China and reached as far as modern Albany

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Henry Hudson

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a Dutch governor who purchased Manhattan from the Indians by that name for $24 worth of cloth and trinkets

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Peter Minuit

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the peg-legged Dutch governor who sounded the call to arms when the English men-of-war massed off New Amsterdam

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Peter Stuyvesant

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some would argue Pennsylvania was the product of this one man's vision and labor; his Frames of Government provided religious toleration and political liberty for the colony; treated Indians equally due to his Quaker convictions

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William Penn

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the leader of the first group of settlers that arrived in Maryland; established a settlement called St. Mary's

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Cecilius Calvert, Lord Baltimore

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the earl of Shaftesbury

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Sir Anthony Ashley-Cooper

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a reform-minded general determined to build a colony that would provide rehabilitation through opportunity and hard work

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James Oglethorpe

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At what approximate age were women marrying in the colonies?

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around 20

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What were the birth-rates like in the American colonies?

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extremely high

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True or False: Early marriages and large families were favored because they provided an important labor source for the home.

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True

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True or False: The infant death rates were high.

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True

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True or False: The infant death rate was higher in the American colonies than in Europe.

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False

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What were the two largest groups of non-English settlers?

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Scottish-Irish and Germans

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Most of the German immigrants were ____________.

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Protestant/Lutheran

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The Scotch-Irish were _______________ Scots from the Protestant colony of Ulster in Northern Ireland.

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Presbyterian

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What were the four most important religious movements during colonial times?

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Pilgrims/Separatists, Quakers, Anglicans, and Puritans

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What were the five groups that immigrated to the American colonies?

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Scottish-Irish, Germans, French Huguenot, French, and mennonites

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In which region did education succeed the most?

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New England

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What two factors limited the scope of colonial literacy?

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geography and the lack of a Puritan presence

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What aspect of Puritanism improved education?

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"Puritan zeal" for the Word of God and widespread spiritual hunger; enthusiasm for the printed page

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What aspect of the Middle and Southern Colonies prevented education from truly taking off?

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they were more scattered and isolated