Quizlet Social Studies Unit 8 Review

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  1. Anne Hutchinson: 1591-1643 Puritan founder of Portsmith, Rhode Island in 1636.
  2. Boston: Capital and largest city of Massachusetts.(42degreesN-71degrees W).
  3. Conestoga: A sterdy wagon used by colonist and pioneers to carry people and goods.
  4. Connecticuit: Founded in 1636 and 100 followers helped found it.
  5. covenant: a special agreement. In colonial New England, a contract signed by each freeman that bound his family to live by puritans rules.
  6. John Winthrop: 1588-1649 First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630.
  7. King Charles 1st: 1600-1649 King of England who gave the puritans a charter to form the Masschutes Bay Colony in 1629.
  8. King Charles 2nd: 1630-1685 King of England when England made the Dutch colony of New England on part of the Middle Colonies.
  9. Massachusetts: The Puritans settled in a part of New England called Massachsetts Bay Colony. Known as Massachustts.
  10. Metacomet: 1639?-1676 Wamponoag sachem known to the English as King Philip. He led one of the last Native Americans battles against the colonist in New England in 1676.
  11. Middle Colonies: The name given to the English colony of Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania before the American Revolution.
  12. New Amsterdam: An early Dutch settlement in New Netherlands on the site of present day New York City.(41 degreesN-74 degreesW).
  13. New Hampshire: After Peqout War there was no fighting with the Americans for fourty years! During that time colonists moved to New Hampshire.
  14. New Jersey: Later that Duke gave part to two friends that later became the English colony of New Jersey.
  15. New Netherlands: A Dutch colony in North America during colonial times.
  16. New York: The English renamed New Netherlands, New York in honor of King Charles brother, The Duke of York.
  17. New York City: The largest city in the United States located in southeastern New York State.( 41 degrees N -74 degrees W
  18. Pennsylvania: 1704 colony founded by William Penn for the religious group of the Quakers.
  19. Philadelphia: A city in southeastern Pennsylvania; the largest city in this state from 1760- 1800. It was the capital of the United States;40 degrees N,75 degrees W.
  20. Portsmouth: A town in southeastern Rhode Island founded in 1637 by Anne Hutchinson.(42degreesN- 71degreesW).
  21. Providence: Capital and largest city of Rhode Island.(42degreesN-71degreesW).
  22. Rhode Island: Was the first European colony in america to allow freedom and religion.
  23. Roger Williams: 1603-1684 Puritan minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island in 1636.
  24. Thomas Hooker: 1586-1647 Puritan minister who founded the colony of Conneticuit in 1639.
  25. tolerate: Allowing people to have different believes from your own.
  26. Vermont & Maine: northern areas that people moved to after peace with the Native Americans
  27. William Penn: 1644-1718 Quaker leader who founded the colony of Pennsylvania.