History Unit 5
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 Why did the Puritans arrive in Massachusetts Bay Colony? | for religious freedom as well as farming and to start businesses |
| Puritans were led by | John Winthrop |
| Puritans wanted to________ the Church of _________ | purify, England |
| Boston-"city upon a hill" was an example of... | a. Christian living b. strict control c. punished dissent d. beliefs told how to live, work, and spend free time, e. attended long church services, found ways to combine free time with work |
| Only Puritans could ________. | worship |
| Who were the 2 people expelled form Massachusetts Bay Colony? | a. Roger Williams b. Anne Hutchison |
| Roger Williams founded | Providence |
| Who started settlement on island near Providence? | Anne Hutchison |
| Whose settlements started Rhode Island? | a. Roger Williams b. Anne Hutchison |
| Rhode Island settlement | Allowed complete religious freedom |
| Why did the settlers move to Connecticut? | better farmland |
| Who founded Hartford and joined other settlements to form Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker |
| Thomas Hooker wrote ___________ _________ of Connecticut, which let voters elect their own _________. | Fundamental Orders, leaders |
| New Hampshire started as a | fishing settlement |
| Metacomet (King Philip) | leader of Wampanoag who united Native Americans to fight against colonists |
| War between Indians and English was over _________. | Land |
| Why were the English and Indians fighting over land? | Indians believed land couldn't be owned; English believed it could and that Indians should leave their land |
| How many colonists and how many Indians died in battle? Who else was killed? | 1/16 colonists died in battle; around 3,000 Native Americans were killed (including Metacomet); |
| Some tribes nearly ______ _____; most tribes forced to ______ _____ their lands | wiped out; give up |
| New England Religious life.... | told them how to live, work, and spend free time |
| Common | a. grassy area at center of town shared by town's people; b. built homes and buildings around the common |
| How did the English trade? | barter system |
| Town Meeting | Once a year people conducted government |
| What did the English do at the Town meeting? | 1. Voted on laws and elected leaders 2. Only free white men who owned property could vote 3. Voted for representatives to go to General Court |
| What was the job of the English women and girls? | prepared food, made clothes, soap, candles, and brushes |
| Men and boys | worked in fields, hunted cut firewood, made own tools, raised cattle and sheep, guarded the town |
| All colonists helped | harvest crops in fall |
| Schools were mandated/required for settlements with | over 50 people |
| Why were schools mandated/required? | primary reason was to learn to read (the Bible) |
| Free-market economic system | a. free to choose which goods to make or buy and which services to offer or use b. free to compete in business and set whatever prices they choose for goods and services |
| Major industry in New England | Shipbuilding and logging |
| What was the Triangular Trade Route? | connected England, English colonies, and Africa |
| What was the Middle Passage? | a. route from Africa to West Indies where captured Africans journeyed from Africa to colonies |
| During the Middle Passage who died? | many Africans |
| Why did some New England colonists form groups? | to try to stop slavery (over time) |
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