People
Native American woman who helped the settlers of Virginia survive. She ended up marrying one of them.
Pocahontas
The largest city in America, was originally called New Amsterdam but was later named after a town in England.
New York
This colony was the first English colony in the New World. Jamestown is located here.
Virginia
This event took place in the 1620s between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims. We celebrate this every year in November.
Thanksgiving
Famous actor who lived in New Hampshire. He starred in the Waterboy, Happy Gilmore, and Billy Madison
Adam Sandler
Puritan woman who spoke out against the church in Massachusetts, and was later banished from the colony. She helped found the state of Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
The first successful English colony in the New World, located in Virginia. The colonists had trouble farming and needed the help of the local natives.
Jamestown
This colony was founded by the Puritans in the 1620s. Plymouth and Boston are here, as well as where the first Thanksgiving took place.
Massachusetts
This event took place in Salem after a group of women were accused of being witches.
Salem Witch Trials
He's a wrestler from Massachusetts known for saying "You can't see me!"
John Cena
He was the founder of Pennsylvania. He was a Quaker who believed violence was wrong.
William Penn
The largest city in Pennsylvania, which William Penn helped establish this city.
Philadelphia
This colony was founded because people were banished from Massachusetts. People like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson moved here and helped found this colony.
Rhode Island
A war between the Native Americans led by Metacom and the Puritan colonists. It resulted in a win for the colonists.
King Philip's War
Famous actor from Connecticut known for playing Doc Brown in Back to the Future and Uncle Fester in the Addams Family movies.
Christopher Lloyd
Native American leader who led a revolt against the Puritan settlers. Nicknamed King Philip, the war he led was nicknamed King Philip's War.
Metacom
The Puritans landed here in the 1620s, establishing the first city in New England and close to where the first Thanksgiving took place.
Plymouth
Pennsylvania
This was the fight between the American colonists and the British for independence.
American Revolution
Famous singer from New Jersey known for his voice and his nickname Ol Blue Eyes.
Frank Sinatra
He sailed the ocean in 1492 looking for a faster route to India and discovered the New World. A controversial figure, we used to have a holiday in his honor.
Christopher Columbus
Anne Hutchinson helped found this city in Rhode Island.
Providence
This colony was created because of the amazing farmland. Originally one colony, it was split into two later.
Carolinas (North and South Carolina)
This event happened during the Mummy Race
The Massacre of Jasper's Knee
Famous poet and author from Maryland who wrote dark stories and poems like The Raven and the Tell Tale Heart.
Edgar Allan Poe