Question 1

Founded Connecticut

Accepted Answer

Thomas Hooker

Question 2

Founded Georgia

Accepted Answer

James Oglethorpe

Question 3

Founded Maryland

Accepted Answer

Lord Baltimore

Question 4

Founded Massachusetts

Accepted Answer

John Winthrop

Question 5

Founded Pennsylvania

Accepted Answer

William Penn

Question 6

Founded Rhode Island

Accepted Answer

Roger Williams

Question 7

Sabbath

Accepted Answer

Holy day of rest

Question 8

Town meeting

Accepted Answer

Meeting in colonial New England where settlers discussed & voted on issues

Question 9

Religious tolerance

Accepted Answer

Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs

Question 10

Royal colony

Accepted Answer

Colony under the direct control of the English crown

Question 11

Proprietary colony

Accepted Answer

English colony in which the king gave land to proprietors in exchange for a yearly payment

Question 12

PA Dutch

Accepted Answer

German-speaking Protestants who settled in Pennsylvania

Question 13

Patroon

Accepted Answer

Owner of a large estate in a Dutch colony (New Netherland)

Question 14

Cash crop

Accepted Answer

Crop sold for money at a market

Question 15

Debtor

Accepted Answer

Person who cannot pay money he or she owes

Question 16

Indigo

Accepted Answer

Plant used to make a valuable blue dye

Question 17

Slave codes

Accepted Answer

Laws that controlled lives of slaves and denied them basic rights

Question 18

Racism

Accepted Answer

Belief that one race is superior to another

Question 19

Mercantilism

Accepted Answer

Theory that a nation became strong by strictly controlling trade

Question 20

Yankees

Accepted Answer

Nickname for New England merchants who dominated colonial trade

Question 21

Apprentice

Accepted Answer

Person who learns a trade or craft from a master

Question 22

Public school

Accepted Answer

School supported by taxes.

Question 23

Gentry

Accepted Answer

Highest social class in the 13 English colonies.

Question 24

Libel

Accepted Answer

Act of publishing writing damaging to someone’s reputation.

Question 25

Middle class

Accepted Answer

Class of crafts workers, farmers, and tradespeople.

Question 26

Dame school

Accepted Answer

Private school run by a woman, usually in her home

Question 27

Founded New Amsterdam (New York)

Accepted Answer

Peter Stuyvesant

Question 28

Founded New York

Accepted Answer

Duke of York

Question 29

Founded Virginia

Accepted Answer

John White

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