Colonies
Colonial Life
Economics
Key Names
100
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
100

This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.

Who are the Pilgrims?

100
These were large production Cash Crop farms that resembled European Feudalism. Instead of landlocked serfs, these farms had African slaves.
What are Plantations?
100
She was the daughter of Chief Powhattan, is rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith in Jamestown, and later married Captain John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas
200
The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony
200

Many different religious groups came to the American colonies for this reason

What is Religious Freedom?

200

In this colonial region there were good harbors and ship builders

What is the New England Colonies?

200

This person was "saved" by Pocahontas after being captured by the Pohawtan.

Who is John Smith? 

300
This Colony was set up with religious settlers under the principles of a Theocratic government.
What is Massachusetts? (Plymouth also acceptable)
300
A charter was given to this company to set up a colony in the New World. 

What is the Virginia Company?

300

Nickname for the type of farm product made for profit that included tobacco, rice, indigo, and slave labor. Generally associated with Southern Colonies.

What is a Cash Crop?

300

This person helped teach the pilgrims how to plant corn and plants in the rocky soil

Who is Squanto?

400
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
400

In Jamestown a period of time that only 60 out of 500 colonists survive. 

What is the Starving Time? 

400

This colonial region was made up of people from several different countries where farming and raising livestock were the main sources of income

What are the Middle Colonies?

400
He was a prominent Quaker who started a colony in America under the values of toleration.
Who is William Penn
500

The Name of the Dutch Colony that eventually became New York City

What is New Amsterdam?

500
This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. Known for Theocratic government.
Who are the Puritans?
500
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
Who are Indentured Servants?
500

The leader of New Amsterdam that made the colony successful by implementing law and order

Who is Peter Stuyvesant? 

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