Founders Documents and Plans Geography Quotes and Statements Diversity
100
Who is John Winthrop?
This man was the founder of the Massachusetts Bay colony
100
What is the Mayflower Compact
This document was a statement of self-government made by the Pilgrims
100
What are the Rockies?
The Great Basin lies between the Cascade Mountains and this mountain range
100
Who is John Winthrop?
This man called the colony a "city set upon a hill"
100
What are the English?
This was the most common nationality in the American colonies
200
What is Maryland?
Cecilius Calvert founded this American colony
200
Who is James Oglethorpe?
He wanted no slavery or liquor in his colony
200
What is New Orleans?
The Mississippi River flows into the Gulf of Mexico at this port city
200
Who is William Penn?
This man referred to his colony as a "Holy Experiment"
200
What is Delaware?
Swedish people settled in this American colony
300
Who is Roger Williams?
This man believed the native Americans had a right to the land and should be paid for it
300
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This was the foundational document of the Constitution State
300
What is the Hudson River?
This river running south from the Appaliachian mountains through New York is named for an English explorer
300
What are Quakers?
This religious term was used for those who believed God directed them through an inner light?
300
What is Charles Towne?
The Scots-Irish entered the American colonies through this port
400
Who is William Bradford?
This man called for a Thanksgiving celebration at the end of the first year at Plymouth Colony
400
Who are the Huguenots?
Their plan was to leave France to find freedom to live out their Protestant beliefs
400
What is Guatemala?
Most of the ruins of the Mayan empire can be found in this central American country
400
Who is John Smith?
He led the settlement by "neglecting any [lodging] for himself."
400
What is Sweden?
The practice of building log cabins came to America from this country
500
Who is Thomas Hooker?
This man was the founder of Connecticut
500
What is the Act of Toleration?
This document was a proclamation of freedom of religion in Maryland
500
What is the Ohio River?
This river flows from Pittsburgh to the Mississippi
500
What is the Act of Toleration?
This document stated that "no person ... professing to believe in Jesus Christ, shall from henceforth be any way troubled, molested or discountenanced in respect to his or her religion ..."
500
What is New Amsterdam?
This was the Dutch name for New York City






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