GED - Social Studies (U.S. History) Study Guide Christopher Columbus - Correct Answer Italian explorer, sailing on behalf of Spain Virginia - Correct Answer Where Jamestown was established Massachusetts - Correct Answer Where the pilgrims landed Mayflower Compact - Correct Answer Established a set of basic laws for the Pilgrims Rhode Island - Correct Answer Founded by Roger Williams (law dealings and religion kept separate) Connecticut - Correct Answer Founded by Thomas Hooker (where men could vote regardless of church membership) New Hampshire - Correct Answer Established when colonists from Massachusetts moved farther North.Maryland - Correct Answer Founded by Cecilius Calvert (so Catholics could escape persecution) North Carolina and South Carolina - Correct Answer Settled because of it's quality farmland New York - Correct Answer Given by the king to his brother, the Duke of York New Jersey - Correct Answer Given by the Duke of York to his friends Pennsylvania - Correct Answer Founded by William Penn, for Quakers Delaware - Correct Answer Once part of Pennsylvania, then became a new colony Georgia - Correct Answer A colony started to keep French and Spanish out of South Carolina. Named in honor of the king.Sugar Act of 1764 - Correct Answer Taxed sugar as well as coffee and cloth Stamp Act of 1765 - Correct Answer Required colonists to pay for British stamps on any official document.Townshend Act - Correct Answer Taxed imported items from Britain to the colonies.
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