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Gilchrist English Settlement
English Colonies
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History
7th Grade
02/23/2010

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People who wanted to separate from the Church

Definition

Who were the Separatists?

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Quakers

Definition

Group of settlers who believed that people had a direct light or link to God.  They lived in Pennsylvania

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Manufacturing

Definition
Making goods by hand or machine
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Tobacco
Definition
New crop grown in Jamestown
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Charter
Definition
Official paper giving permission for settlement in a certain area
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Colony under the control of the king
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What is a royal colony?
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When the king gives land in America to a wealthy friend.  Friend stays in England and gets someone to run the colony.
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What is a proprietary colony?
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Joint stock company
Definition
Group of people who form a company to make a colony
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Raid
Definition
To rob or steal
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Armada
Definition
A fleet of warships
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Pilgrim
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A religious group that took a trip or journey
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Pilgrim
Definition
Another name for the Separatists
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Rival
Definition
To compete for power
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Puritans
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Group of people who wanted to purify the church
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Clean
Definition
What does it mean to purify?
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Church of England
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What was the church started by King HenryVIII
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Veto
Definition
Say no, refuse to approve
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Debtor
Definition
People who owed money
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Separatists
Definition
Group of people who wanted to separate from the Church
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Colony
Definition
Settlement in another country still connected to the home country
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Religious Freedom
Definition
Idea that people in colonies should be free to choose their religion
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Legislature
Definition
Law-making body
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New York

New Jersey

Delaware

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Name 2 colonies settled by the Dutch
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Rhode Island

Connecticut

New Hampshire

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Name 2 colonies started by people who left Massachusetts Bay Colony
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Pennsylvania
Definition
Founded by William Penn so his Quakers could have religious freedom
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Georgia
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A colony where criminals and debtors were sent
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Virginia
Definition
First colony formed in America
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Massachusetts Bay

Virginia

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Name 2 colonies founded by a company
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Maryland
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Colony founded by George Calvert as a refuge for Catholics
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Georgia
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Last colony of the 13 founded
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Massachusetts
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Colony founded by the Puritans
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3
Definition
How many boats sailed to Jamestown?
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Discovery

Godspeed

Susan Constant

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Name at least 2 boats that sailed to Jamestown
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John Smith
Definition
Who was the leader of Jamestown?
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Mayflower
Definition
What was the name of the Pilgrims' boat?
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Jamestown
Definition
What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
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Become wealthy or successful
Definition
What does it mean to prosper?
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People who wanted to separate from the church
Definition
Who were the Separatists?
Term
People who wanted to purify or clean the church
Definition
Who were the Puritans?
Term
Say no, refuse to approve
Definition
What does it mean to veto?
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First representative government in North America
Definition
What was the House of Burgesses?
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Agreement made by the Pilgrims to set up a government and obey its laws
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What was the Mayflower Compact?
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Rob or steal
Definition
What did the raiders do?
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Religious freedom
Definition
The idea that people should be free to choose their religion
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Bible
Definition
What did the Puritans read?
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Puritans
Definition
John Winthrop was the leader of this group
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Quakers
Definition
What religious group settled in Pennsylvania?
Term
Virginia
Definition
In what colony is Jamestown?
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They were lazy and did not want to work.

They only wanted to look for gold.

No one knew how to farm.

Definition
What are 2 internal (inside) problems settlers in Jamestown faced?
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The land was swampy.

The swampy attracted mosquitoes which carried diseases like malaria.

Drinking water was bad.

 

Definition
What are 2 external (outside) problems the settlers in Jamestown faced?
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If you don't work, then you don't eat.
Definition
What was John Smith's rule?
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Public schools so that everyone could read the Bible.
Definition
What type of schools did Puritans start?  Why?
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Harvard
Definition
What college did the Puritans start?
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They all disagreed with the Puritans and left Massachusetts
Definition
What do Roger Williams, Anne Hutchinson and Thomas Hooker have in common?
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They both had total religious freedom
Definition
What do Rhode Island and Pennsylvania have in common?
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It was the first time colonists/people said that they had the right to make their own government or the right to make their own laws.
Definition
Why was the Mayflower Compact important?
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Plymouth
Definition
What city did the Pilgrims build?
Term

They were heading to Virginia.

They landed in Massachusetts.

A storm blew them off course

Definition

What colony were the Pilgrims trying to reach?

Where did the Pilgrims land?  Why?

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Person who owes money. 

 

Definition
What is debtor?
Term
Georgia because they was no jail and no one there to make sure the people work off their debt
Definition

What colony was started as a place for debtors?

Why didn't it work?

Term

To make money

To have a place to work off their debt

Religious freedom

They were forced out by the Puritans

Definition
What are 3 reasons people started to make colonies?
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They believed that they could talk to god directly - with no priests, ministers.
Definition
Why did the Separatists want to remove themselves from the Church?
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James Oglethorpe
Definition
This man started Georgia as a place for debtors to work off their debt
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Jamestown
Definition
Starving Time happened where?
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England
Definition
This country started the 13 colonies
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False

Definition

True or False

The boats of the Spanish Armada were smaller and easier to move than the English

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True
Definition
True or False - Squanto was an Indian who helped the settlers at Plymouth
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True
Definition
True or False Most of the colonies had some form of a representative assembly
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False
Definition
True or False - The Puritans came to America to gain wealth
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False
Definition
Anne Hutchinson and John Wheelright were welcomed in Massachusetts
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False
Definition
The Powhatan Indians were always friendly to the colonists at Jamestown
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False
Definition
True or False - In the beginning, Jamestown settlers lived with their families.
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False
Definition
True or False - King Henry VIII made the Church of England a single national church
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True
Definition
True or False - Queen Elizabeth I approved of English raiding Spain
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True
Definition
True or False - Because Georgia's founders wanted its settlers to work off their debt, they originally banned slavery.
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