A colony that was made the best effort, after the discovery of the Americans, to get along with the indians?
description of a "headright"
the right of a free settler or sponsor of an immigrant to receive 50 acres per person
description of immigrants during the tobacco boom of the 1620's
mostly young single men, most came as indentured servants, died soon after arriving
Maryland graned religious toleration because..
its Catholic founders wished to provide a haven for Catholics
Which two colonies were formed when religious intoleration cause people to leave Massachusetts?
Rhode Island and Connecticut
This colony quickly adopted a slavery system when it developed a working relationship with Barbados in the Caribbean
The "Mayflower Compact" of the Separatists was:
basis for government devised without a legal basis to do so
The description of Massachusetts Bay Colony using the biblical metaphor of a "city on a hill" relates to the Puritan founders' idea that the colony should:
be a model holy commonwealth and set an example of the world
Penn's vision for his colony included
providing a refuge for Quakers from England and elsewhere, establishing a model society to reform the failings of Europe, generating rental revenue for himself
By 1700, your text concluded, the North American colonies were..
becoming permanent, firmly rooted societies
According to Philip Greven in his book, "Four Generations"
the first generation of settler in Andover, Massachusetts was patriarchal, long-lived and close
The _____ was a secular movement that placed great emphasis upon science and the laws of nature and less on faith and religion
correct statement regarding agriculture in the North
Agriculture was more diverse in the North then in the South
A new Organization founded in 1765, the____, terrorized stamp collectors and was known as
Sons of Liberty
Whose defeat near the forks of the Ohio River started the Seven Year's War?(French and Indian)
In resisting the Stamp Act, Americans affirmed all of the following:
Their general mistrust power, their particular right to trial by jury, their belief in taxation only by their elected representatives
Who organized a combined uprising of the Western tribes in the aftermath of the french defeat?
Which school of the American Revolution believed that the American Revolution was part of widespread CONFLICT in colonial society?
The colonial response to the Coercive Act (1772) was the calling of ?
The first Continental Congress
The initial fighting in the war occurred in New England: most engagements in the tow years after the Declaration of Independence took place in..
the Chesapeake... The Carolinas and Georgia
"Saratoga changed everything", says your text. This refers to the fact that:
The military standoff forced General Howe to turn toward Philadelphia instead of linking up with General Burgoyne
George Washingtons victory in at Yorktown came as a joint achievement of the Continental Army and
the French army, the French navy, militia from the area
Reasons why the english came to America:
a religious persecution due to the Reformation, the Enclosure Movement, desire to acquire land
In "Common Sense" Thomas Paine argues:
Parliament had deliberately and wickedly brought about all America's misfortunes, Britain had dealt with the colonies out of self-interest rather than affection, Monarchy was a foolish and dangerous form of government
The Puritan program for reforming England included:
purifying the church of England from remaining traces of Catholicism, separating church from state, limiting church participation to the godly
In the early decades of New England settlement, new colonies in adjacent areas were often founded because of..
-Governor Berkeley denounced Bacon as a Rebel
-Bacon's army attacked Jamestown and burnt it down
-Bacon died of dysentery and the rebellion died out
Why is Bacon's Rebellion important?
-is revealed a bitter rivalry between the east and west
-leaders of the colony saw poor whites as a threat
-need a workforce that will obey
What is the best description of the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
An intergraded republic with a decentralized structure of national government
which school of the American Revolution Argued that poverty was a major cause of the Revolution?
American Revolution school that argues America is harmonious and Europe is full of problems
What best describes the Articles of Confederation?
Power was held in the states, not the federal government
-Developed idea of government as a social contract
-Idea that people have the right to rebel
-both ideas incorporated in American Constitution
**** similar to Thomas Jefferson
Enclosure Movement was driven by____
The Industrial Revolution= largest industry was the textile (clothing) industry
Location where the Indians where very united?
Note: North American Indians are very broken up
Book written By Phillip Greven; studied the records of the first four generations of Andover Massachusetts: