FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT 6TH

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT 6TH

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Question 1: Bread Basket colonies

Answer:

The nickname given to the middle colonies because they produced grains.

Question 2: Mayflower Compact

Answer:

The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed before leaving the ship, and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

Question 3: Maryland

Answer:

was founded by Lord Baltimore for religious and political freedom for Catholics.

Question 4: Rhode Island

Answer:

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were founders or leaders of this colony.

Question 5: Pilgrims

Answer:

Wanted religious freedom from the Church of England. In England they were called separatists, but in the colonies they were know as ___.

Question 6: New England Colonies

Answer:

Town meetings were help where people could speak out and vote. They were self-governed.

Question 7: Middle Colonies

Answer:

The ___ had seaports, and the cities of New York City, Philadelphia.

Question 8: New England Colonies

Answer:

The religious groups of the ___ were Puritans which were very strict, gloomy and superstitious.

Question 9: Virginia

Answer:

Jamestown was founded as a joint-stock company. Only 60 of the first 900 colonists survived because of starvation and disease.

Question 10: Puritan harshness

Answer:

___ led settlers north and inland to New Hampshire.

Question 11: Religious freedom

Answer:

___ is the reason that Thomas Hooker and Anne Hutchinson founded Rhode Island because they wanted a colony where any religion could come and be free to worship as they pleased.

Question 12: Middle Colonies

Answer:

Consisted of New York, Delaware, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.

Question 13: Georgia

Answer:

___ was founded by James Oglethorpe as a debtor colony. This colony offered the imprisoned debtors of England a new start with an opportunity to pay their debts.

Question 14: Connecticut

Answer:

Colony founded by Thomas Hooker.

Question 15: Catholics

Answer:

Maryland was a safe haven for Catholics.

Question 16: Southern Colonies

Answer:

The types of settlers in _____ were English aristocrats, planters, small farmers, slaves

Question 17: English

Answer:

New York was set up as a Dutch colony, but was taken over by the ___ in 1664.

Question 18: Thomas Hooker

Answer:

____ founded Connecticut for religious and political freedom.

Question 19: Fishing

Answer:

The colonist in New Hampshire made a profit from trade and ___.

Question 20: James Oglethorpe

Answer:

Founded Georgia as a colony for debtors. Georgia became a buffer between Spanish Florida, protecting other colonies from Spanish Florida.

Question 21: New Jersey

Answer:

One of the middle colonies that was set up for trade and profit and religious and political freedom.

Question 22: Lord Baltimore

Answer:

Founded Maryland as a safe haven for Catholics.

Question 23: New England Colonies

Answer:

The ___ were built around a commons, Boston, Providence, and Newport.

Question 24: Fighting

Answer:

Quakers did not believe in ___.

Question 25: Southern Colonies

Answer:

Counties were basic units, they had sheriffs and justice of the peace that were appointed by the governor.

Question 26: Religious freedom

Answer:

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams wanted ___. Williams set up Rhode Island, the most tolerant colony, where any religion could come and practice their beliefs.

Question 27: Separatists

Answer:

People that wanted religious freedom from the Church of England. Known as Pilgrims.

Question 28: Georgia

Answer:

This colony became a buffer zone, protecting other colonies from Spanish Florida.