review on New England and Middle colonies material-founding of the colonies.
358085267 | Roger Williams | founded Rhode Island for religious freedom. Bought land from Native Americans | |
358085268 | John Winthrop | brought Puritans to Massachusetts Bay and started Boston for religious freedom. | |
358085269 | Anne Hutchinson | sent out of Boston due to not following ministers teachings and said God spoke to her. | |
358085270 | John Wheelwright | left Massachusetts and started Exeter, New Hampshire for religious freedom. | |
358085271 | Thomas Hooker | started the colony in Hartford, Connecticut. He felt the government had too much power in Massachusetts. | |
358085272 | William Bradford | let the Pilgrims to Plymouth for religious freedom. | |
358085273 | Duke of York | took over New Netherlands from cruel leader Peter Stuyvesant in 1664. | |
358085274 | Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret | began the colony of New Jersey to gain profit from land sales. | |
358113945 | William Penn | began the Holy Experiment and a home for Quakers. | |
358113946 | Separatists | wanted to break away from the Anglican Church and create their own church | |
358113947 | Puritans | wanted to change the Anglican Church | |
358113948 | Quakers | was also called the Society of Friends, believed everyone equal in God's sight. | |
358113949 | General Court | Massachusetts representative assembly, only male church members could vote for members | |
358113950 | Mayflower Compact | representative government set up in Plymouth | |
358113951 | separation of church and state | idea that the government system and religious beliefs must remain divided. | |
358113952 | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | first constitution that set limits on the government, listing what they had the power to do. | |
358113953 | patroons | large land grants given in New Netherlands if you brought 50 settlers where you could rule and tax as you wished. | |
358113954 | proprietary colony | colony which was owned by someone who paid a yearly fee to the king. | |
358113955 | Delaware | colony given to William Penn to allow access to the Atlantic securing trade and economic growth. | |
358113956 | New Jersey | colony that allowed religious freedom, trial by jury and representative government. | |
358113957 | philadelphia | planned city by Penn where there would be green grass and gardens, space between houses | |
358113958 | holy experiment | name to describe Penn's wish to prove that all faiths could live in one colony in peace. | |
358113959 | melting pot | historical term used to describe the Middle colonies where many nationalities over time came to be American rather than staying German, French, Swedish, English, Welch.... | |
358113960 | Pennsylvania | this colony advertised for settlers drawing a diverse group to the colony | |
358113961 | New Netherlands | original name of New York colony | |
358113962 | Peter Stuyvesant | cruel governor of the colony of New Netherlands. People would not help him fight the English when they arrived to attack the colony | |
358113963 | Massachusetts Bay Colony | this colony had no toleration for other beliefs | |
358113964 | Great Migration | time between 1630 and 1640 when 15,000 settlers moved to Massachusetts Bay colony | |
358113965 | pacifists | people who refused to fight in war and is against violence | |
358113966 | land | reason conflicts arise between English settlers and Native Americans | |
358113967 | Providence | first town in Rhode Island | |
358113968 | Rhode Island | This colony had religious freedom and separation of church and state |