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| 8977371204 | Maryland | Which colony was established religious goals similar to Pennsylvania? | 0 | |
| 8357011995 | disenfranchise | To take away the right to vote. |  | 1 |
| 8980040618 | proprietary colonies | Which term best describes colonies such as Pennsylvania and Maryland that were granted to a group by the English monarchy and given the right to self-government? | 2 | |
| 8357011994 | headright | The right to acquire a certain amount of land granted to the person who finances the passage of a laborer. |  | 3 |
| 8963185926 | (1) reduced migration (2) the need for cheap labor (3) need for a stable workforce | Why did slavery become increasingly important (3 reasons)? | 4 | |
| 8357011998 | middle passage | That portion of a slave ship's journey in which slaves were carried from Africa to the Americas. |  | 5 |
| 8980055926 | Elementary education was offered to both male and female children. Towns over 50 families were required to support an elementary school. | Compared to the Southern colonies, why was there a higher literacy rate in New England? | 6 | |
| 8357012000 | militia | An armed force of citizens called out only in emergencies. |  | 7 |
| 8986288290 | (1) Africans were better able to withstand disease (2) some former indentured servants caused problems (Bacon's rebellion) and they were owed land at the end of the contract (3) slaves were more expensive upfront but cheaper in the long-term (due to hereditary factor) | Three reasons American colonists began using African slaves were | 8 | |
| 8357012001 | hierarchy | A social group arranged in ranks or classes. |  | 9 |
| 8977344280 | Englightenment | In William Penn's "Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges," the stated principles were clearly influenced by the _______. | 10 | |
| 8357012002 | corporation | A group or institution granted legal rights to carry on certain specified activities. |  | 11 |
| 8986336293 | the colony was to serve as an example of Christian virtue and charity | Why did John Winthrop refer to Massachusetts Colony as "a city upon a hill"? | 12 | |
| 8357012005 | sect | A small religious group that has broken away from some larger mainstream church. |  | 13 |
| 8986352558 | It protected Catholic rights in Maryland from the influx of Protestant colonists. | What was the major purpose of the Toleration Act of 1649? | 14 | |
| 8357012015 | secular | Belonging to the worldly sphere rather than to the specifically sacred or churchly. |  | 15 |
| 8986360654 | tobacco, rice, and indigo | What were the major staple crops of southern colonies during the late 17th century? | 16 | |
| 8986375279 | religious freedom requires a separation of church and state | Roger William's view of "liberty of conscience" was | 17 | |
| 8977324187 | It allowed a way for poor people to seek opportunity in America. | How did the system of indentured servitude help the people of Europe? | 18 | |
| 8357012016 | indentured servants | A person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country. During the seventeenth century most of the white laborers in Maryland and Virginia came from England as indentured servants. |  | 19 |
| 8986400053 | Hutchinson openly promoted the idea of an individual personal relationship with God without the guidance of church leaders. | What ideas caused division between Anne Hutchinson and the Puritan church? | 20 | |
| 8977315275 | economic profit | What were the primary motives of those who established the colony of Virginia? | 21 | |
| 8986409622 | wheat, oats, and barley | What were the primary staple crops in the middle colonies? | 22 | |
| 8986416856 | indentured servants | The majority of colonists who migrated to Maryland and Virginia during the 17th century were ____. | 23 | |
| 8963112997 | mercantilism | One of England's top goals for North American colonies was integrating them into a coherent imperial structure based on _______. | 24 | |
| 8986426104 | New England soil and growing season didn't permit the growth of large quantities of cash crops. | Regarding agriculture, a major difference between the New England and southern colonies was that | 25 | |
| 8357012017 | Puritan | A member of a group of English Protestants of the late 16th and 17th centuries who regarded the Reformation of the Church of England under Elizabeth as incomplete and sought to simplify and regulate forms of worship. |  | 26 |
| 8977303445 | sharp economic class differences | Bacon's Rebellion highlighted the long-lasting dispute over ______. | 27 | |
| 8357012019 | Town Meetings | Originated in New England - town meetings at which normal citizens can participate in making decisions related to politics, government, current events, etc. Noted as one of the first instances of democracy in America. |  | 28 |
| 8986462009 | Virginia's House of Burgesses | Which governing body fits the following characteristics? representatives voted on by land-owning males; all laws passed could be vetoed by the governor; it's power was restricted when the colony changed from joint-stock to royal | 29 | |
| 8986441840 | the Tidewater region that was adjacent to the Chesapeake Bay | Where were the wealthiest Virginian plantations located? | 30 | |
| 8963162568 | England's Acts of Trade and Navigation | What act refers to the following? (1) trade in and out of the colonies could only be carried on English or colonial-built ships (2) all goods imported to the colonies, except perishables, had to pass through ports in England (3) certain goods such as tobacco could only be exported to England | 31 | |
| 8977283902 | Christians should be able to practice their faith without fear of persecution. | What attitude did writers of the Act of Toleration have towards religion? | 32 | |
| 8357012020 | Metacome's War (King Phillip's War) | An armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675-78. King Phillip (Metacomet) reacted against European encroachment onto the Wampanoag territory, was defeated and humiliated by colonists, forced him to sign a new peace agreement that included the surrender of Indian guns. |  | 33 |
| 8986474594 | John Peter Zenger trial | Which trial is most associated with the First Amendment's idea of freedom of the press? | 34 | |
| 8977431582 | average Virginians were unable to earn enough income from their tobacco crops | Aside from conflicts with American Indians, what was an underlying cause of Bacon's Rebellion? | 35 | |
| 8357012021 | Pueblo Revolt | 1680 - An uprising of most of the indigenous Pueblo people against the Spanish colonizers in the province of Santa Fe de Nuevo México, present day New Mexico. The Pueblo Revolt killed 400 Spanish and drove the remaining 2,000 settlers out of the province. |  | 36 |
| 8986507267 | to profit economically | Settlers who established the British colony in Virginia during the 17th century were primarily seeking ______. | 37 | |
| 8357012023 | Great Awakening | An evangelical and revitalization movement that swept Protestant Europe and British America, and especially the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s |  | 38 |
| 8986515571 | granted religious freedom to all Christians who accepted the Trinity | What did the 1649 Maryland Toleration Act do? | 39 | |
| 8977355862 | Pennsylvania became one of England's most diverse North American colonies. | How did the principles in William Penn's "Pennsylvania Charter of Privileges," affect the demographic makeup of Pennsylvania? | 40 | |
| 8986750805 | the state was an improper and ineffectual agency in matters of the spirit | Liberty of conscience was defended by Roger Williams on the ground that | 41 | |
| 8357012024 | Enlightenment | The Enlightenment included a range of ideas centered on reason as the primary source of authority andlegitimacy. Advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, tolerance, fraternity, constitutional governmentand ending the perceived abuses of the church and state. |  | 42 |
| 8986768640 | Massachusetts | Which colony required each community of 50 or more families to provide a teacher of reading and writing? | 43 | |
| 8977419000 | the colonial governor -- Berkeley | Who became a target of Bacon's Rebellion? | 44 | |
| 8986795167 | They tolerated no one whose expressed religious views varied from their own views. | In the 17th century, what was the Puritan attitude toward religious liberty? | 45 | |
| 8977273719 | Catholics | Which religious group wrote Maryland's Act of Toleration? | 46 | |
| 8986814170 | royal colonies | In the 18th century, colonial Virginia and colonial Massachusetts were most alike in that both were | 47 | |
| 8977261702 | a strict, religiously intolerant society | What did John Winthrop's vision of a "City Upon a Hill" result in? | 48 | |
| 8357012025 | Anglicization | The act of making something English in either form or character. |  | 49 |
| 8986850229 | mercantilism | What was the prevailing economic philosophy of the 1600s? It was founded on the belief that the world's wealth was limited and, therefore, that one nation's gain was another nation's loss. Colonies were to serve the ruling country by providing raw materials and purchasing manufactured goods instead of creating their own. | 50 | |
| 8963363044 | greater independence and diversity of thought | Whitefield's preaching contributed most directly to ______. | 51 | |
| 8357012027 | Mercantilism | An enconomic theory that promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers. (Think: the economic counterpart of political absolutism) |  | 52 |
| 8977253941 | mixed | What type of economy did Massachusetts have? | 53 | |
| 8357012028 | Separatists | People who believed the Church of England retained too many traces of its Catholic origin and thus, could not be made holy again. Those who formally left the established state church. |  | 54 |
| 8357012029 | Congregationalism | A system of organization among Christian churches whereby individual local churches are largely self-governing. |  | 55 |
| 8964684309 | slavery was more stable and displaced the labor of indentured servants | What happened to Virginia using indentured servants for labor? | 56 | |
| 8357012030 | John Winthrop | Puritan leader credited with the establishment of the Massachusetts Bay Colony |  | 57 |
| 8357012031 | Quaker | Christians basing their message on the religious belief that "Christ has come to teach his people himself", stressing the importance of a direct relationship with God through Jesus Christ, and a direct religious belief in the universal priesthood of all believers. |  | 58 |
| 8964647414 | They were intolerant of people who expressed views different from their own. | What was the attitude of 17th century Puritans toward religious liberty? | 59 | |
| 8963394834 | the expansion of Protestant evangelism | Whitefield's preaching in the 1700s is an example of ________. | 60 | |
| 8357012032 | pacifist | One who holds the belief that war and violence are unjustifiable. |  | 61 |
| 8357012033 | Virginia | The first colony of the original thirteen. The birthplace of both presidents and future generals, but also the birthplace of African slavery in English America. This company eventually went bankrupt and was salvaged by becoming a royal colony with a royal governor, William Berkeley, in 1642. |  | 62 |
| 8980022714 | Pennsylvania | Which colony used pamphlets to recruit people, supported upholding land treaties with the American Indians, and didn't require taxes to fund a state-held church? | 63 | |
| 8357012034 | House of Burgesses | Frist representative assembly in the Western Hemisphere, established in Jamestown to protect the property and other rights of Englishmen. |  | 64 |
| 8357012035 | Plymouth Colony | A short-lived but symbolically important colony founded in 1620 at Cape Cod by Separatists and other more secularly-minded colonists. There, 100 surviving colonists signed the Mayflower Compact to increase obligation to stand together. This colony was eventually absorbed by its much larger neighbor, the Massachusetts Bay Colony. William Bradford, the long-term governor of the colony, recorded this history in Of Plymouth Plantation. |  | 65 |
| 8979726855 | England | Initially (in the early 1600s), the primary market for tobacco was ______. | 66 | |
| 8964555869 | spread of the Great Awakening | What impacted attitudes towards traditional authority (similar to the effect of the Zenger case)? | 67 | |
| 8977410318 | conflicts with American Indians | Participants in Bacon's Rebellion felt most directly threatened by ______. | 68 | |
| 8357012036 | Mayflower Compact | Considered the first written constitution of the English-speaking world. Signed by members of the Plymouth colony upon arrival to the New World. |  | 69 |
| 8357012037 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | A Puritan Colony founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company in 1629. Made up of Puritans coming to America during the Great Migration. |  | 70 |
| 8963992369 | urban residents | In the Zenger case, which segment of society (rural or urban) would most strongly support Zenger's position on the press? | 71 | |
| 8979748921 | a royal colony | After Virginia failed as a joint-stock colony, what did it become? | 72 | |
| 8357012038 | Anne Hutchinson | A Bostonian who taught doctrines the Puritans believed to be heretical in her home with several men, even ministers, in attendance. For these acts, she was put on trial for heresay and was banished from Massachusetts. |  | 73 |
| 8357012039 | Roger Williams | A Puritan minister; one of the first colonists ot advocate the separation of church and state. |  | 74 |
| 8357012040 | Maryland | Founded by George Calvert, the Lord Baltimore, as a refuge for Roman Catholics facing persecution from Anglican Church. |  | 75 |
| 8979772705 | British rule in the colonies | By 1750, a growing number of colonists increasingly were upset over __________. | 76 | |
| 8963784602 | the colonial press became more willing to criticize the British | What was a long-term effect of the jury's decision in the Zenger case? | 77 | |
| 8357012041 | John Locke | Political philosopher that theorized governments were instituted among men for the preservation of life, liberty and property and that they should employ balance of powers. Wrote the Constitution for the Carolina colony as secretary to one of its eight proprietors. |  | 78 |
| 8357012042 | William Penn | Founder of the Quaker colony Pennsylvania. | | 79 |
| 8979849522 | the truth couldn't be libel | John Peter Zenger won acquittal on the grounds that ______. | 80 | |
| 8357012044 | Cash-Crop Economy | An economic system based on the exportation of certain crops such as sugar, cotton, and coffee. |  | 81 |
| 8963777022 | true | In the Zenger case, the accused argued a printed statement could NOT be libel if it was _______. | 82 | |
| 8357012045 | First Great Awakening | A revival of the Christian Religion as an act of God through the Holy Spirit. The first unifying event int he history of colonial America. | | 83 |
| 8357012046 | Jonathan Edwards | Preacher from Northampton, Massachusetts, that spread the First Great Awakening through famous sermons, notably "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." |  | 84 |
| 8986853929 | mercantilism | Colonies were to serve the ruling country by providing raw materials and purchasing manufactured goods instead of creating their own. What was this economic theory? | 85 | |
| 8979911318 | politics | John Locke's writings had the most direct influence on the American Revolution. What were most of his writings about? | 86 | |
| 8979920781 | slave owners | What group of colonials would have disliked John Locke's writings the most? | 87 | |
| 8979990385 | introducing a type of tobacco that would sell in Europe -it was the colony's first staple crop | What was John Rolfe's main contribution to the Jamestown settlement? | 88 | |
| 8986864934 | John Smith | Whose harsh, charismatic leadership saved Jamestown? | 89 | |
| 8357012047 | domestic | Concerning the internal affairs of a country. |  | 90 |
| 8986885322 | headright | The __________ system promised colonists parcels of land (about 50 acres) if they came to America. It also gave nearly 50 acres for each servant that a colonist brought. This is how the wealthy obtained large tracts of land. | 91 | |
| 8979971995 | indentured servants, slaves | One direct result of Bacon's Rebellion was that Southern labor moved away from _________ and began to rely on ________. | 92 | |
| 8963530424 | (1) increased emotionalism in church services (2) a belief that common people could make their own decisions (3) a decline in the authority of Protestant ministers | List three consequences of the Great Awakening. | 93 | |
| 8977390802 | Some Virginians felt that the men involved in Bacon's Rebellion were frustrated and took action because the government refused to help them. | Why did some people in Virginia have a more understanding view of Bacon's Rebellion? | 94 | |
| 8986908783 | Navigation Acts | The ____________ dictated that certain goods shipped from a New World port were to go only to Britain or to another New World port. This caused tension between Britain and the colonies. | 95 | |
| 8979983723 | Massachusetts Bay didn't suffer from the same hardships as Jamestown during its first years. | In what way did the Jamestown Colony and the Massachusetts Bay Colony differ greatly? | 96 | |
| 8986926998 | Fundamental Orders | Thomas Hooker led a large group of Puritans to Connecticut and formed a set a laws known as the __________, which provided for representative government by those who were permitted to vote. | 97 | |
| 8986936707 | slave codes | What term refers to a series of laws limiting slave rights? | 98 | |
| 8986950250 | John Locke | Which English philosopher asserted that if governments did not protect life, liberty, and property--then their people had the right to overthrow them. | 99 | |
| 8986967838 | Triangular trade | What was created as the result of mercantilism? It involved the middle passage (from West Africa), goods being traded in the Caribbean, North America, and Europe. | 100 | |
| 8987146319 | Pueblo Indians grew resentful of Spanish rule and they killed more than 300 Spaniards | What happened during the Pueblo Revolt? | 101 | |
| 8987195127 | (1) believed human religious institutions were largely unnecessary. (2) Thought they could receive revelations directly from God. (3) They were pacifists. (4) They opposed slavery and favored decent treatment of American Indians. | Describe the Quaker faith. | 102 | |
| 8987216094 | a relationship in which Britain somewhat ignored the colonies--allowing them to develop their own character without interference | What was salutary neglect? | 103 | |
| 8987232970 | (1) James Oglethorpe, an English philanthropist, chartered the colony (2) the colony served as a "buffer zone" between Spanish-held Florida and the rich plantations of South Carolina (3) some prisoners from British jails were resettled in Georgia | How did the colony of Georgia develop? | 104 | |
| 8987648247 | (1) a series of emotional religious revivals that occurred throughout the colonies (2) George Whitefield and Jonathan Edwards became the most dynamic preachers (3) it helped build connections between the colonies | What was the First Great Awakening? | 105 | |
| 8987665163 | It was the North American portion of the Seven Years War between France and England. The Treaty of Paris ended the war. | What was the French and Indian War? | 106 | |
| 8987676524 | Enlightenment philosophy suggested the importance of individual talent over inherited privilege. It influenced culture and intellectualism in the colonies. | What was the Enlightenment? | 107 |
