The Founding of the American Colonies Notes
______wanted to break with the Church of England
They felt it was too much like the ______.
The ______were one Separatist group
They were attacked by ______for rejecting the official church.
They fled to ______(where Dutch people live!)
They asked the ______to let them settle in America. However, they were not very good at ______, and landed instead at
______in New England. (TEST QUESTION)
Before they left their ship, ______, they signed an agreement.
They vowed to ______agreed upon for the good of the colony.
This was called the ______. (TEST QUESTION)
The Mayflower Compact helped establish the ideas of ______and ______in America. (TEST QUESTION)
Life was difficult in the Plymouth colony.
The ______was harsh, and ______of the colonists died by spring.
A Native American named ______acted as an interpreter between the Pilgrims and Native Americans.
He helped negotiate a ______between the two.
He showed them how to plant, hunt, and fish.
The Pilgrims held a three-day ______in the fall to celebrate the ______– this was the first ______.
Another religious group, ______, wanted to reform or “purify” the Church of England.
The Puritans left England by the thousands to escape ______.
This was called the ______.
The Puritans received a ______to settle land in New England.
They were ______and did not suffer through a ______.
They formed a joint-stock company called the ______
______. (test question)
They established the colony of ______. (test question)
______was the colony’s Puritan governor. (test question)
The Puritans created a ______in their colony.
(test queston)
Each ______(church group) set up its own town.
The ______was the most important building in each town – it held town meetings where the colonists made laws, and it also served as their church building.
Only ______could vote or hold office.
The colonists elected representatives to the ______, which in turn chose the governor.
The New England Way (test question)
By law, everyone in town had to attend ______in the meetinghouse.
Sermons provided instruction in the ______.
This emphasized ______.
They believed that ______would lead to laziness.
All children in New England, including girls, were taught to read in order to ______.
This ______led to rapid growth and success in New England.
Not everyone was happy with the way things were.
______moved his congregation to Connecticut.
Hooker believed that not all laws should be based on ______.
Connecticut adopted the ______to govern the colony. (test question)
They gave ______to non-church members.
They limited the power of the ______.
This document was the first ______in the American colonies.
Roger Williams founded the colony of ______.
(test question)
Williams and another Puritan, ______, believed in religious toleration.
They opposed ______at church.
They opposed taking Native American lands ______.
Williams and Hutchinson were forced to leave ______.
Rhode Island guaranteed ______and the separation of church and state (government).
The ______, another religious group, fled Massachusetts for freedom in Rhode Island.
King Philip’s War
Colonists forced Native Americans from their land.
Puritan colonies fought a war with Native Americans, called ______. King Philip was the English name of ______, leader of the Wampanoag.
______lost the war
Salem Witch trials
In Salem, Massachusetts, some village girls were told stories about witches by ______, a slave from the West Indies.
The girls began to falsely accuse others of ______.
This was seen as a sign from God to return to a ______.
More than ______people were arrested and tried, and ______were put to death.
Middle Colonies
New York
Dutch settlers financed by the ______founded the colony of ______.
They set up a ______to attract more settlers.
A ______was a person who brought ___ settlers to the colony and received a ______in return.
______was the governor. Under his leadership, they attacked a Swedish settlement to add land to the colony.
The colony became very ______(it made lots of money!).
England’s king sent his brother, the ______, to attack the colony.
The colony surrendered to the ______.
It became a ______– the Duke of York was now the owner of the colony.
New Jersey
The Duke of York gave land to his friends ______.
They encourage settlers to come by promising them ______.
Pennsylvania
King Charles of England owed money to the ______.
In exchange, he gave ______a large piece of land in America.
Penn was an embarrassment to his family because he was a ______.
Penn set up the colony of Pennsylvania as a _____ (safe place) for Quakers.
They believed that people should live in peace.
They believed in ______and ______to all.
They wanted ______to be treated fairly.
Delaware
The lower counties of ______felt that they had too far to travel to attend the ______.
They broke away to form their own colony of ______.
Southern Colonies
(other than Virginia…remember Jamestown)
Maryland
______(George Calvert) founded Maryland to give religious freedom to ______.
They passed the ______in 1649, which gave religious freedom to ______.
The Carolinas
The Carolinas were established by the English king as a ______.
People settled in two different areas of the Carolinas, ______Carolina.
Farmers in the North grew ______.
Farmers in the South grew _____.
Later Carolina was divided into two colonies.
Georgia
______established Georgia as a haven for ______.
______were people who owed money and were ______for not paying.
Oglethorpe wanted to give debtors a new life in Georgia.
Georgia was also established to protect the English colonies from the ______.
It was the ______of the thirteen colonies.