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What is Croatoan
What word was carved in the tree when John White came back to find his colony deserted?
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What is The Starving Time
The winter of 1609-1610 in which the colony of Jamestown struggled to survive was called
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What is Rhode Island
Where was the first place where people of all faiths could worship freely?
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What is Act of Toleration
In 1649, this act ensured Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely
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What is Puritans and Separatists
What were those who wished to reform the Anglican church called and what were those who sought to set up their own church called?
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What is Virginia Dare
What was the name of the first English child born in North America?
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What is The Pilgrims
The group of Separatists that decided to move to America is called Protestants
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What is William Penn
Who was in charge of founding the Quakers, pacifists and wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution?
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What is Georgia
EC: This was the last British colony set up in America and was founded in 1733?
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What is Jamestown
This settlement marked the beginning of English colonization in North America
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What is 1585
In what year did the first group of settlers arrive in Roanoke Island?
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What is an organized, orderly government in America
The Mayflower Compact helped set up what?
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What is It was the first written Constitution in America, It described the organization of representative government in detail
In 1639 the colony of Connecticut adopted the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut... Why was this document important?
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What is Eliza Lucas
EC: What was the name of the young English woman who helped develop the crop 'Indigo' in the 1740s?
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What is Showing them how to hunt, Showing them how to grow crops, Make peace with the Wampanoag people
What were the three things Squanto and Samoset were responsible for helping the Native Americans with?
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What is Charter
A document that granted the right to form a colony is called
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What is The House of Burgesses
The first legislature in North America elected by the people is called
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What is The Charter of Privileges
This charter in 1701 granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislature?
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What is Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon, Map the boundary between the colonies of Maryland and Pennsylvania
Who were the men involved in the Mason-Dixon line and what did it do?
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What is Indentured Servant
EC: This was a laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America?
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What is Joint-Stock Company
Investors buying something in return for a share of its future profits is called
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What is The Great Migration
During the 1630s, more than 15,000 Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times in England... this is known as
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What is a colony in which an owner or proprietor owned all the land and controlled the government, Not until 1691 did the English government allow citizens of New York to elect their legislature
King Charles gave his colony to his brother the Duke of York who renamed it New York, what is a proprietary colony and why is it important?
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What is Northern Carolinas grew tobacco, sold timber, and tar. Southern Carolinas traded deerskin, lumber, and beef
EC: What was the difference between the two Carolina's? What did they grow/trade that made them different?
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What is New England and Virginia
EC: What were the two groups of colonies in North America in 1660 that England had?
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