He led an uprising in New York in the name of King William IV against the Anglo-Dutch ruling elite.
jacob leisler
This New York newspaper editor made a written attack on the corrupt royal governor and was arrested on the basis of seditious libel. However, after a trial, he was found not guilty.
John Peter Zenger
A prominent humanitarian, he led a group of settlers and helped found the colony of Georgia in 1732.
james oglthorpe
He led about 1000 Puritans to America in 1630 and was elected the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
john winthrop
The Dutch colony of Netherland(later New York)
was established for its quick profit of fur trading
The summoning of Virginia's House of Burgesses marked an important precedent because it
was the first of many miniature parliaments to convene in America
By the 1770s which of the following issues helped bring about a crisis of imperial authority
a. trade restrictions
b. slavery
c. few colonists clung to any hope of accommodation with Great Britain
d. the coronation of a New king
e. the rise to power of radical patriots in the American colonies
trade restrictions
Place events in order.
A. Virginia becomes a royal colony
B. Roger Williams banished to Rhode Island
c. House of Burgesses established
D. Pilgrams and the Mayflower reach America
c.House of Burgesses established
D. Pilgrams and the Mayflower reach America A. Virginia becomes a royal colony
B. Roger Williams banished to Rhode Island
After his 1st voyage, Christopher Columbus believed that he had
sailed to the outskirts of the East Indies
One feature of the American economy that strained the relationship between the colonies and Britain was the
growing desire of Americans to trade with other nations in addition to Britain
Unlike Separatists, the Puritans
remained members of the Church of England
During the early years of colonization in the New World, England
paid little attention to its colonies
In contrast to the Chesapeake colonies, those in New England
had a more diversified economy
As the seventeenth century wore on, regional differences continued to crystalize, most notably
the important of slave labor in the south
In order
B. Protestant Reformation
B. Founding of Plymouth colony
A. great Puritan migration
D. Founding of Rhode Island
English officials tried to "establish" the Church of England in as many colonies as possible because
the church would act as a major prop for kingly authority
define social covenant
Puritans to Puritan
halfway covenant
conversion of members to the puritan religion
convenant of grace
relationship with god
An interpretation of Puritan doctrine associated with Anne Hutchinson that stressed mystical elements in God's grace and diverged from orthodox Puritan views on salvation.
antinomanism
WHAT DID new England economy depended heavily on
fishing, shipbuilding, grain and commerce
One political principle that colonial Americans came to cherish above most others was
self-taxation through representation
coLONY of georgia was founded because
as a defensive buffer for the valuable Carolinas
What were the salem witchcraft trials
the result of unsettled social and religous conditions in rapid envolving Mass.
The guarantee the English settlers in the New World would retain the "rights of Englishmen" proved to be
the foundation for American liberties
In contrast to the seventeenth century, by 1775 colonial Americans
had become more stratified into social classes and had less social mobility
Most immigrants to the Chesapeake colonies in the 17th century came as
indentured servant s
in colonial america education was most zealously promoted
new england
Which is not the correct geographical correlation with regards to the coloniesa. New York and Pennsylvania b. Massachusetts Bay and Rhode Island c. Georgia and the Carolinas d. Virginia and MARYLANDE. Virginia and Massachusetts Bay
virginia and massachusetts bay
In colonial elections
the right to vote was reserved for property holders
BY 1775, the ... were the largest non-English ethnic group in colonial America
Africans
As a result of the rapid population growth in colonial America during the eighteenth century,
a momentous shift occured in the balance of power between the colonies and the mother country
