Jamestown and Plymouth
Vocabulary and Countries
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100
A person who makes a journey for religious reasons.
What is a Pilgrim?
100
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
100
This group wanted a place to practice thier religious beliefs and founded the Massachusetts Bay colony (Salem, Boston)in New England. They wanted to "purify" the Church of England.
Who were the Puritans?
100
This was a group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
What were the Quakers?
100
This was the reason Georgia was settled by debtors.

What is to form a boundary between Spanish Florida and the Carolinas?

200
This was a leader of Jamestown that improved their conditions by making the rule "If you don't work, you don't eat".
Who was John Smith?
200
This country came to gain land in America looking for gold and to expand their empire.

What is Spain?

200
This was the leading industry in New England?
What was shipbuilding?
200
These crops grew well in the Middle Colonies and were exported. They gave these colonies the nickname the "breadbasket" colonies. (Name two)
What are wheat, corn, and rye?
200
He founded Georgia to help debtors pay back their debts.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
300
In this document, the signers agreed to make and obey fair laws.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300

This colony was the first to make sure everyone could worship freely started by Roger Williams.

What is Rhode Island?

300
These were exports of the New England colonies. (Name two)
What is lumber, dried fish, whale oils, furs, and grain?
300

climate of the Middle Colonies

What is temperate?

300
These made up a large part of the Southern economy.
What is a plantation?
400
This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.
Who was Phocahontas?
400

This country came to settle in America mainly for fur trading.

What is France?

400

The founder of Connecticut.

Who was Thomas Hooker?

400
A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania. He was member of the "Society of Friends".
Who was William Penn?
400
Maryland was a refuge for these people.

Who are the Catholics?

500

This man saved Jamestown with this.

Who is John Rolfe and what is tobacco?

500

This was the name given to the owner of a colony.

What was a proprietor?

500

climate of the New  England Colonies

What is long cold winters and short mild summers?

500
This word means to accept religious differences.
What is tolerance?
500
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, and rice?
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