Chapter 5 Test Notes
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SS-Chapter 5 Test Notes Test TOMORROW! These are mixed up from the actual test. If you would like to earn 5 bonus points, copy these in your handwriting and bring to class tomorrow. 1. The word expel means to force someone to leave a place. 2. The main reason the Puritans started the Massachusetts Bay Colony was to live according to their religious beliefs. 3. The major issue that caused King Philip’s War was that the colonists and Native Americans disagreed about ownership of the land. 4. John Winthrop led the Puritans from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony. 5. People first settled in the Connecticut River valley to have fertile land to farm. 6. One opinion of the Puritans was Roger Williams spread dangerous beliefs. 7. Town meetings were used to take care of town government. 8. Shipbuilding was an important industry in the New England Colonies. 9. The triangular trade routes connected England, the English colonies, and Africa. 10. The New England Colonies had representative government because they elected their own leaders. 11. Anne Hutchinson led followers to an island near Providence after being expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 12. Thomas Hooker founded the settlement of Hartford, which became part of the Connecticut Colony. 13. John Winthrop led the second group of Puritans to New England in search of religious freedom and was an early leader of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. 14. Metacomet was the leader of the Wampanoag and tried to unite Native Americans against the colonists. 15. Roger Williams leader who was expelled from the Massachusetts Bay Colony, who later founded Providence, which became part of Rhode Island. 16. In what ways were Rhode Island and Massachusetts different? Rhode Island was founded later. It is farther south. It allowed religious freedom. 17. How did the early slave trade affect both Africans and English Colonists? People from Africa were captured and taken away to be sold as slaves in the English Colonies. They suffered terribly and many died. Over time, some colonists formed groups to try to end slavery. .