Colonial Jeopardy
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It set up a government for the
What
was
the purpose
of is
thean
colony
of Plymouth,
and
Mayflower
early example
ofCompact?
democracy and
self-rule in the colonies.
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Anne Hutchinson was expelled
because she challenged male
religious authorities in
Why was Anne Hutchinson expelled
Massachusetts by questioning the
from Massachusetts?
idea of “predestination” (the idea
that God alone decides who goes
to heaven).
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Roger Williams was a radical
separatist who challenged the
legality of the Massachusetts Bay
colony’s charter, claiming that
Native
Who was
Americans
Roger Williams?
should be
compensated for their lost land.
He was expelled from the colony
and went on to found Providence
(eventually Rhode Island).
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King Philip’s War or Metacom’s War
(1675-1676) was an incredibly
violent conflict between New
Englanders and a confederation of
What was King Philip’s (Metacom’s)
the region’s remaining Native
War?
Americans. 52 English towns were
attacked and 22 destroyed. The war
led to a dramatic decline in the local
Native American population.
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Political Meaning: In the Mayflower
Compact, the Puritans made a
covenant (agreement) to create a
government
and obey
the
laws.
Explain
the political
and
religious
doubleMeaning:
meaningThe
of the
term
Religious
Puritans
“covenant”
for the
Puritans.
believed
they had
a covenant
(agreement) w/ God. If they lived
according to the Bible, then he
would take special care of them.
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New Amsterdam (later New York)
was settled as a proprietary
colony (a business) by the Dutch
Why was the Dutch colony of New
West India Company. Its main
Amsterdam formed?
original exports were furs and
deerskins. Later it became a
major trading center.
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William Penn established
Why was Pennsylvania originally
Pennsylvania
as
a
safesettled?
haven for Quakers.
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Aside from trading centers such as
New York and Philadelphia, the
Middle Colonies specialized in the
What was the dominant export of
production of grains and
the Middle Colonies?
livestock, giving them a reputation
as the “breadbasket” of the
American colonies.
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New Amsterdam (NYC), which was
Howalways
did New
culturally
Netherland
diverse
become
and an
businessEnglish
oriented,
colony?
surrendered to
the British without a fight.
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The Iroquois, who remained a united
confederation of six tribes until the
War of Independence, actually
What impact
did from
European
benefited
somewhat
trade with
the colonists.
They
colonization
have
on positioned
the Iroquois
themselves
as middle-men between
Confederacy?
the Europeans and the tribes of the
interior. They traded furs and skins for
metal tools and weapons.
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James Oglethorpe founded Georgia
as a colony for honest debtors. It
also played a strategic role as a
buffer between the Carolinas and
Spanish
Why was
Florida.
Georgia
Initially
founded?
the
colony outlawed slavery and
alcohol. Later these restrictions
were lifted in order to attract more
settlers.
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What was the name of Virginia’s
first
The
representative
House of Burgesses
legislature
(law-making) body?
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What was the top export of the
Tobacco
Chesapeake colonies?
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Bacon’s Rebellion (1676) occurred when poor
Virginians (many of whom were freed indentured
servants) attempted to overthrow the colonial
government. Most were frustrated with the lack
of economic opportunity, social mobility, and
land. Their original complaint was that the
colonial
government,
afraid ofRebellion?
further conflict
What
caused
Bacon’s
with Native Americans, refused to allow further
settlement of the frontier. After this rebellion,
indentured servitude began to decline. Around
the same time imports of African slaves
increased dramatically.
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The Maryland Act of Toleration (1649)
Maryland, originally established by Lord
Baltimore as a haven for Catholics,
witnessed the migration of large numbers
did Maryland’s
of
of What
Protestants.
In an attemptAct
to prevent
Protestant
domination,
the colonial
Toleration
do?
government passed the Act of Toleration
under which all Christian religions were
legalized (though Jews and atheists were
not accepted).
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Mercantilism was an economic system
embraced by most Western European
nations in the 17th and 18th centuries. Its
main goal was to direct trade through the
mother country, resulting in a positive
What
is
mercantilism?
balance of trade. Mercantilists believed
wealth was associated with gold and
silver specie. Thus mercantilism was
designed to channel hard money from
the colonies to Britain.
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Salutary Neglect: A policy advocated by Prime
Minister Robert Walpole, which allowed for
lax enforcement of the Navigation Acts and
other mercantilist measures. Salutary or
What
was
“salutary
neglect?”
“healthy” neglect allowed the economies
(and political systems) of the colonies to
grow with minimal intervention from the
British government.
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Regulatory taxes (such as the Navigation
Acts) were designed to channel trade
toward the mother country. While they
remained largely unenforced prior to 1764,
What
is the
difference
between
there was
ample
historical precedent
fora
them.
“revenue” tax and a “regulatory”
Revenue taxes (suchtax?
as the Stamp Act) were
designed to generate income for the British
government. The colonists resisted these
laws most bitterly because there was little
historical precedent for them.
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The French & Indian War (although
a victory for England & its
Why did the British begin
colonies), left the British crown
vigorously taxing the colonies all
deeply in debt. The taxes were
of a sudden in the late 1760s and
designed to remedy the fact that
early 1770s?
the colonies were paying far less
than people in Britain.
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Colonial Responses
• Non-importation Agreements (boycotts of
How
theimports)
colonists respond to
taxeddid
British
• taxes
Essays &
Pamphlets
(arguing
“No Taxation
such
as the
Townsend
and
without Representation”)
Tea Acts?
• Petitions to Parliament
• Riots/Direct Protests (ex. Boston Tea Party)
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The Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut were a written plan of
government (constitution) for the
What Connecticut
were the Fundamental
colony. They
Orders
represent
of Connecticut?
an early example of
limited democracy and selfgovernment in the English
colonies.
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It was a religious revival in the 1720s and
1730s. New ideas about salvation and
other theological issues were spread by
traveling preachers. It led to the creation
What
the (First)
Great
of
new was
Protestant
denominations
including
the Baptists and the
Awakening?
Methodists. It also contributed to the
founding of several Ivy League
universities (originally seminaries) such
as Harvard, Princeton, and Yale.
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Both the trip from Africa’s interior to
the coast, and the Middle Passage
(from Africa to America) were
extremely dangerous. Most slave
Why was the “Middle Passage” so
traders used “tight packing” to load
deadly for slaves?
as many slaves into the ship as
possible. This combined with
inadequate food, water, ventilation,
etc. led to many deaths.
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Both the Spanish and French treated Native
Americans badly. The Encomienda System
allowed Spanish conquistadors to enslave
Native Americans. Spanish missionaries
typically attacked Native American religions,
How
the French
Spanish
oftendid
building
churches and
on top
of Native
religious
Jesuit
deal
withtemples.
Native French
Americans?
missionaries were more likely to live among
Native Americans and use their culture to
help convert them. Both tended to spread
diseases to the Native Americans they dealt
with.
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Britain’s policy of salutary neglect allowed
most colonies the opportunity to set up
limited democratic governments. The
Mayflower Compact, the House of
Name some Democratic influences
Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of
onare
the
Connecticut
all colonies.
examples of this. The
ideas of Enlightenment thinkers such as
John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu also
trickled into the colonies.
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Discovery: Euro-centric… implies Native
Americans didn’t matter until Europeans
Identify
and describe
found
them. Write
Your three
historiographical
interpretations
Encounter:
Implies equality
between
Final Challenge
Native
Americans
and Europeans
of the relationship
between
Conquest:
Emphasizes
the Americans.
destructive
Wager
Europeans
and
Native
(genocidal?) impact of European
TIME’S
colonization
UP!
Game Over