The Johns
This John was the infamous governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony for years.
Who is John Winthrop?
This Quaker founded the colony of Pennsylvania, designed the city of Philadelphia, and wrote the Charter of Privileges.
Who is William Penn?
This group of people famously left England in search of religious freedom, sailed to America on the Mayflower in 1620 and founded the colony of Plymouth.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This British colony was first settled by the Dutch and known as New Netherland before the British took control and changed the name.
What is New York?
This colony was created by Sir George Calvert as a haven for Catholics and named after Mary, Mother of Jesus.
What is Maryland?
This John married Pocahontas and it is pretty much his only claim to fame.
Who is John Rolfe?
This farmer from Virginia started a revolution that burned Jamestown to the ground, then died of dysentery.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
Roger Williams founded this colony to promote religious freedom. This colony became the first place where Americans could worship freely.
What is Rhode Island?
This settlement in New Netherland became the center of shipping to and from America.
What is New Amsterdam?
This colony was the first British colony in America and known for the successful settlement at Jamestown, as well as the House of Burgesses, the first representative government in America.
What is Virginia?
This John helped found the colony of Roanoke, and famously returned after 3 years in England to find the colony had disappeared without a trace.
Who is John White?
This person was exiled from Massachusetts for teaching against the Good Works Covenant and helped found Rhode Island.
Who is Anne Hutchison?
This colony started with the settlement of Hartford.
What is Connecticut?
This colony was founded by Quakers and included the famous settlement of Philadelphia.
What is Pennsylvania?
This line became the border between Maryland and Pennsylvania.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
This John is one of the most influential philosophers in history, and wrote the first constitution used in Carolina.
Who is John Locke?
This person was the Dutch governor of New Netherland who gave the colony up to the British without a fight.
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
This document is the first written constitution in America.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This colony was included with the land given to William Penn but had already been settled by the Dutch.
What is Delaware?
This colony used slave labor to help grow crops like rice, tobacco, and indigo.
What is Carolina?
This John is credited with being the founder of New Hampshire.
Who is John Wheelwright?
This person was the first English child born in North America.
Who is Virginia Dare?
In the 1630s, more than 15,000 Puritans moved to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hardship in England. This movement was known as ______________.
What is the Great Migration?
This colony is named for an island in the English Channel where proprietor George Cartaret was born.
What is New Jersey?
The colony of Georgia became a haven for debters, criminals, the poor, and religious refugees from what part of the world?
What is Eastern Europe?