GA Milestones Review Part 1

First permanent English colony in the Americas established by the Virginia Company as a business venture to find gold and other valuable resources.

• Yorktown
• Jamestown
• Gettysburg
• Plymouth

Virginia’s legislative assembly that was similar to England’s Parliament.  It was the first elected assembly in the “New World.”

• House of Burgesses
• House of Representatives
• The Senate
• None of the Above

Causes of the this event in colonial Massachusetts included extreme religious faith, stress from a growing population and its bad relations with Native Americans, and the narrow opportunities for women and girls to participate in Puritan society.

• Salem Witch Trials
• Halfway Covenant
• Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

Causes of the this event in colonial Massachusetts included extreme religious faith, stress from a growing population and its bad relations with Native Americans, and the narrow opportunities for women and girls to participate in Puritan society.

• Salem Witch Trials
• Halfway Covenant
• Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

Uprising by landless Virginia settlers who wanted the governor to take harsher action against Native Americans so more land would be available to the colonists. As a result of this event, many landowners turned to using more slaves rather than indentured servants.

• John Brown's Raid
• War of 1812
• Bacon's Rebellion
• King Phillip's War

Voyage that brought African Americans to the West Indies and North America

• Triangular Trade
• Middle Passage
• Great Divide
• None of the Above

A religious revival in American colonies during 1730s and 1740s

• The Enlightenment
• The Revival
• Great Awakening
• None of the Above

An early and bloody conflict between English colonists and Native Americans. It caused such a heavy loss of life among the Native American population that large areas of southern New England became English settlements.

• Revolutionary War
• Civil War
• Boston Massacre
• King Phillip's War

Puritan ministers feared its children born in America were not developing a personal relationship with God so they encouraged this as a way to allow partial church membership for the children and grandchildren of the original Puritans.

• Halfway Covenant
• Baptism
• Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment

This colony was settled by the Dutch and later conquered by the British.  Its harbor and river systems contributed to its economic growth and allowed it to grow into a major center of trade and commerce. 

• Quebec
• New York
• Rhode Island
• Pennsylvania