Hard Times in Virginia | First settlements and colonies | The 13 English Colonies | Vocabulary and People | Random Questions |
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charter
What is a document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler?
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Northwest Passage
What is the " waterway" connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
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debtor
What is a person who owes money?
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dissenter
What is a person who views differ from those of most people in the community?
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House of Burgesses
What was the first law making body in an English colony?
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English ships were smaller and faster. English had more powerful guns.
What advantages did the English have over the Spanish in the battle of the Spanish Armada.
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separatists
Who is a person that wanted to separate from the Church of England?
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New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
Name the three different regions that colonies were located? How did the weather effect the way they used the land?
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owners
Who are proprietors?
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New Amsterdam
What Dutch settlement is in present day Manhattan, NY?
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Roanoke " The Lost Colony"
Name the first colony England attempted to build in the Americas. Walter Raleigh tried to organize this colony in present day North Carolina.
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religious freedom. Thought of a better life
What are two reasons many colonists wanted to start a new life in the Americas?
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Offer complete religious freedom.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchison founded Rhode Island. What was Rhode Island the first colony to do?
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translated and showed the Pilgrims where to hunt and fish and how to plant crops.
How did Squanto help the Pilgrims?
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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire
Name two colonies located in the New England Colonies region.
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Made people work in order to eat. Built houses and dug wells for fresh water. Began trading with the Powhatan Indians who helped colonists learn how to hunt and fish.
How did John Smith help save Jamestown from starving when he took over leadership?
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Winter and freezing weather led to the death of half the settlers
Winter and freezing weather led to the death of half the settlers.Pilgrims landed on Plymouth and created the Mayflower Compact. "Just and equal laws for the good of the colony" What effect did the weather have on these pilgrims at Plymouth?
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Pennsylvania, specifically Philadelphia " city of brotherly love"
William Penn was a Quaker or someone who believed people could worship God without going to church. What colony was founded by Penn?
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William Bradford
Who was the leader of the Separatists or Pilgrims?
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Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia.
.Name three colonies located in the Southern Colonies region.
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Indentured servants. tobacco
Who were the people that agreed to work in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage? What cash crop in Virginia did these people help grow that helped Jamestown grow?
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Boston
John Winthrop led the Puritans who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. What present day city is this?
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Georgia, Savannah
What colony was founded by James Olgethorpe for debtors? His first settlement in this colony was .....?
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Chief Powhatan
Who was the leader whose daughter was Pocahantas and almost killed John Smith?
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To search for Gold, the Northwest Passage and become more powerful by making a profit off of the colonies.
Why did the English want to establish colonies in North America?
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