Early Settlers and Daily Life U.S. History Pre-Colonial and Colonial Life Early Settlers and Daily Life Questions What happened to most of the colonies that started as joint stock companies by the end of the 1600's? How is the Toleration Act of 1649 that was created by Lord Baltimore important to the colonists back then and us today? Why do we call the English colonists Pilgrims? What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and who wrote them? Why did Americans feel that it was their divine duty to spread the Christian values and western civilization around the worid? What was the outcome of Bacon's Rebellion? Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams were banished from Massachusetts only to later settle in which area? Why did William Penn found Pennsylvania? What was the purpose of the English establishing a colony on Roanoke lsland? In 1607, some English people came to America. What was the name of their settlement? How did the search for wealth and the pursuit of religious freedom shape the founding of Jamestown and the growth of Virginia? How did the Pilgrims become friends with the Wampanoag? Why did fewer cities develop in the South during the 1700s? Question #0388b What was the government of the colony at Jamestown? What was the English Colony east of the Iroquois confederacy called? How did John Winthrop change the government of Massachusetts? What shortage did colonies face as a result of dwindling native populations from disease? What were the major problems in Jamestown? Why was Plymouth Colony located at Massachusetts? What law protected Catholics from any attempt to make Maryland a Protestant colony? Due to their desire for a theocracy what was at the center of New England life? Question #fde87 Why was Bacon's Rebellion important? Question #0f346 What did the King issue that said colonists weren't to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains? Who were the founders in Massachusetts? How did religion contribute to the growth of representative government in the English colonies? Who was assured freedom of worship in the Puritan colony? In what year were the first slaves brought to Jamestown? When was the first Thanksgiving celebration? What really happened, contrary to popular belief? What was the Great Awakening of the 1730's, and why was it important? What led to the building of permanent settlements? What was the first cash crop of the English Colonies? Question #b19c9 What problem did the colony of Jamestown have because of its location near a swamp? Why were the experiences of the earliest settlers at Jamestown and at Massachusetts Bay so different? Who had political power in the colony? Did the Puritans believe in the separation of church and state? In early 17th century Massachusetts, who was granted freeman status? Who did the men of Jamestown elect to enact local laws? Where did many Puritans settled within which of the British colonies in North America? Why did the Pilgrims have a difficult first winter in Plymouth? Pre-Colonial and Colonial Life View all chapters Native American Life Early Passage to America Early Settlers and Daily Life The French and Indian War Prev Next