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Unit 2
Key ideas from the Colonial Era - Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What happened in 1607? | Jamestown was founded |
| Why was Jamestown important? | Jamestown was the first English colony in North America |
| What group came to America aboard the Mayflower? | Pilgrims |
| Who was Roger Williams? | Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island |
| Why did Roger Williams leave Massachusetts? | He wanted to get government out of religion. |
| Who was Anne Hutchinson? | Anne Hutchinson also left Massachusetts and helped start Rhode Island |
| Who was Thomas Hooker? | Thomas Hooker founded Connecticut. |
| Why did Thomas Hooker found Connecticut? | He wanted to get the government out of religion |
| Which of the original 13 colonies was originally owned by the Dutch? | New York |
| Which of the original 13 colonies was founded as a place for Quakers? | Pennsylvania |
| Which of the original 13 colonies was founded as a place for Catholics? | Maryland |
| What happened in 1620? | The Pilgrims landed at Plymouth (later Massachusetts) |
| Which colony was first suggested as a colony for English debtors? | Georgia |
| What do the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and the Virginia House of Burgesses have in common? | Both are early steps in self-government |
| Why was Jamestown founded? | Jamestown was all about making money for its English investors. |
| Why was the English king interested in creating a colony in Georgia? | He wanted a buffer zone between the Spanish in Florida and his other American colonies. |
| What did the French want in North America? | The French wanted beaver furs because they were valuable in Europe. |
| What is mercantilism? | An economic concept supporting colonization; the mother country uses colonies for their resources and gets rich |
| What is a region? | an area of land, states or colonies that have similar resources and climate |
| What is a cash crop? | something grown in large quantities, intended to be sold for profit |
| What does New England look like? | Rocky soil; long cold winters; forests |
| What do the Southern colonies look like? | Flat and wet; long, hot summers; wide rivers that were good for irrigating crops |
| What do the middle colonies look like? | Good farmland along the coasts, mountains and forests as you go inland. |
| What is the Magna Carta? | a document from England in 1215 which limited the power of the king for the first time. |
| What was the Great Awakening? | a movement in the early 1700s which brought religion back to the forefront of Early American culture |
| Why was the Great Awakening important? | It united the 13 colonies for the first time and set the stage for independence from England. |