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47 Cards in this Set
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how many colonies were there in America by 1735?
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13 colonies
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Name the New England Colonies.
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, and New Hampshire
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What did the Puritans want to do with the Church of England?
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Purify the Church of England
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Which colony did the Puritans settle in 1630?
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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What became the largest city in Massachusetts?
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Boston
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Who was John Winthrop?
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Govenor of Massachusetts; He was a honest and generous leader
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What man was beaten with a whip for preaching in Massachusetts?
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Obadiah Holmes
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Who left Mass. and settled Providence?
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Roger Williams
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Whom did Rholde Island send to England to get a charter?
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Dr. John Clarke
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Why did the Native Americans like Roger Williams?
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He treated them fairly and he didn't want to take away their land.
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Which was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?
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Rhode Island
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What was the largest city in the colony of Rhode Island?
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Providence
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What did Rhode Island's charter guarantee?
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religious freedom
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What President referred to Rhode Island as the "Little Baptist State of Rholde Island"?
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George Washington
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Which ship brought the first settlers to New Hampshire?
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Johnathon
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Who obtained New Hampshire and gave it its name?
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John Mason
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New Hampshire was forced to become a part of what colony for several years?
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Mass.
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What was t he Indian name for Connecticut?
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Quinnehtukqut
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Which preacher built the city of Hartford?
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Thomas Hooker
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Which plan of government was based upon a sermon by Thomas Hooker?
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut; People should control the government; self government.
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The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut later served as a pattern for what important document?
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Consitution of the United States
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Name the Middle Colonies.
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New York, Delaware, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania
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List the Southern Colonies.
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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia
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What explorer was hired to explore New York for the Dutch?
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Henry Hudson
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What three countries claimed New York?
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England, Holland, France
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What man claimed all of North America for England?
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John Cabot
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What did the Dutch call New York City?
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New Amsterdam
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What fiery Dutch governor did not want to surrender to the British?
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Peter Stuyvesant
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Who settled Delawar?
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Sweden
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What was Deleware originally called?
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New Sweden
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Who settled New Jersey?
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Dutch
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Who gave New Jersey its name?
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Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkeley
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What colony was founded by William Penn?
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Pennsylvania
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What important city in Penn. did William Penn personally design?
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Philadelphia
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What does Philadelphia mean?
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"city of brotherly love"
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Which colony had a group of representatives called the House of Burgesses?
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Virginia
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What colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics?
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Maryland
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Whose idea was it to begin he colony of Maryland?
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George Calvert (Lord Baltimore)
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What two ships brought the first settlers to Maryland?
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Ark and the Dove
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What was the first settlement of Maryland?
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St. Mary's
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What was the first settlement of Carolana?
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Charles Town
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What is indigo?
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a valuable blue dye
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What was a plantation?
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Large farm areas in South Carolina
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What kind of people settled Georgia
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prisoners, poor people and debtors
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Who founded Georgia?
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James Oglethrope
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What was the first settlement in Georgia?
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Savannah
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What famous preacher went to Georgia to start America's first orphanage?
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George Whitefield
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