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55 Cards in this Set
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What does Philadelphia mean? |
city of brotherly love |
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What does Pennsylvania mean? |
penns woods |
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William Penn |
he was curious about the quakers and wanted to be a quaker |
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After about 10 years _______________ took new sweden away from dutch |
the english |
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_____________ took over new sweden for about 10 years |
the dutch |
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_______________ was names to honor sweden's young queen |
fort christina |
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New amsterdam became ________________ |
new york city |
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Govener of the dutch colony ,refused to surrender to the british |
Peter stuyvesant |
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Who gave New Jersy its name |
sir george carteret and Lord John Berkeley |
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Who became the first settlement in Pennsylvania |
swedish settlers |
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Who became the first permanent settlement in New Jersy |
the dutch |
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Group of strange people with strange beliefs,so strange the new american colonies did not welcome them |
Quakers |
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Who had the first successful settlement in delaware? |
Sweden |
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New Netherlands became _________________ |
New york |
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Name two things quakers believe |
Did not believe in fighting Did not believe one person could be more important than another person
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Who became the first governor of Georgia? |
James Oglethorpe |
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Who did James Oglethorpe study? |
he studied the poor people |
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Who was the first Governor of Maryland? |
Leonard Calvert |
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What were the 2 small english ships names? |
The Dove and the Arc
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What was George Calvert known as? |
Lord Baltimore |
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Why was the founding of Maryland Important? |
To prove that America had religious freedom
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What did the colonists name the first settlement in Maryland? |
St. Marys |
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Why did the two ships (the arc and the dove) come to the new world? |
Because they wanted religious freedom |
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What was South Carolina's first permanent settlement? |
Charlestown |
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Representatives |
the people of Virginia choose them to make decessions |
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What happened to people who could not pay their bills? |
They were sent to prison
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______________ asked the king for Land in America to begin his own colony |
George Calvert |
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What was the job of the house of burgesses? |
to help the governor make decision |
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What 2 states became 1 large piece of land called carolana? |
North and South Carolina |
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What is indigo? |
A valuable blue dye |
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Who worked on the fields on plantations? |
African American Slaves |
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What was the first settlement in Georgia? |
Savannah |
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What are plantations? |
Large fields that have valuable crops. |
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Who was Samuel De Champlain Sailing for? |
France
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What three countries claimed New York |
Netherlands France England |
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The Dutch live in the________________? |
Netherlands or Holland |
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The Fundamental orders Connecticut later served as a pattern for what important for what document |
the Constitution of the UNITED STATES OF AMERICA |
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What was the indian word for Connecticut? |
Quinnehtukqupt |
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Which preacher built the city of Hartford? |
Thomas Hooker |
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______________ was the first major settlement in Connecticut |
Hartford |
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Quinnehtukqut means? |
on or beside the long tidal river |
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What did Williams colony turn into? |
It turned into Rhode Island, because of their need for Government |
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What land did Williams buy from the indians, it offered religious freedom |
Providence |
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What did Rhode Island have that other colonies did not have? |
Religious Freedom |
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______________ was a minister sent to England to get the charter. |
Dr. John CLarke |
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The Whole Dutch colony was called____________________ |
New Netherlands |
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Why did the Dutch quickly claim the land Hudson explored? |
Because beavers lived there and beaver skins were valuable
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Who built the first cities in New York? |
the dutch |
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In 1640 _____________ became a part of massachusetts? |
New Hampshire |
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Why was New York colony unusual? |
because 3 countrys claimed to own it at the same time |
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a puritan preacher in massachusetts? |
Roger Williams |
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What was the jonathon? And where did it sail by? |
an english ship that sailed near New Hampshire |
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What did john mason name the land given to him in the new world? |
new hampshire after where he had lived in englind |
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Wanted to find a shortcut to asia but insted found freindly indians and beaver? |
Henry hudson |
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What did the dutch name the land bought from the indians? |
New amsterdam |
