Vocabulary
A sea route Europeans hoped to find through North America to reach Asia faster.
What is the Northwest Passage?
Workers who signed contracts to work for several years in exchange for passage to America.
Who were indentured servants?
English explorer who attacked Spanish ships and helped defeat the Spanish Armada.
Who was Francis Drake?
Native American group living near Jamestown.
Who were the Powhatans?
The English colony that mysteriously disappeared.
What was Roanoke?
A large group of warships, especially one sent by Spain against England.
What is an armada?
English settlers who came to America seeking religious freedom.
Who were the Pilgrims?
Leader of Jamestown who helped the colony survive with strict rules.
Who was John Smith?
Native American who helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching farming skills.
Who was Squanto?
The first permanent and successful English colony in North America.
What was Jamestown?
An official written document giving a group the right to form a colony.
What is a charter?
An agreement signed by the Pilgrims to create rules and laws for their colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Man who made tobacco a profitable crop in Jamestown.
Who was John Rolfe?
Leader of the Wampanoag who made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims.
Who was Massasoit?
What were some of the problems the Jamestown settlers faced at the beginning? (at least 2)
1) Land was damp and swampy
2) Water wasn't fit for drinking
3) Insects carried diseases.
Money put into a business with the hope of making more money.
What is investing?
The crop that helped Jamestown become economically successful.
What is tobacco?
Leader of Plymouth Colony
Who was William Bradford?
Native Americans who later fought Jamestown colonists over land and resources.
Who were the Powhatans?
Why did Spain and England begin to fight?
What is because of treasure and religion?
A crop grown mainly to sell for profit rather than eat.
What is a cash crop?
Why did the colonists in Roanoke barely survive at first?
What is they couldn't grow crops in the sandy soil?
Why did the Jamestown colonists run out of food?
What is most of the colonists were gentlemen and wanted to search for gold instead of learning how to farm.
Native American woman who helped relations between Jamestown settlers and Powhatans.
Who was Pocahontas?
Share two reasons on what you think happened to the colony of Roanoke.