Roanoke and Jamestown
Vocabulary
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
100

What crop helped the Jamestown colony prosper? 

Tobacco 

100

People that signed a contract to work for four to seven years for those who paid their journey.

Indentured Servants

100

What document did the pilgrims sign aboard the Mayflower?

The Mayflower Compact 

100

This was a religious group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.

Quakers

100

This colony was founded for debtors.

Georgia

200

During the second attempt, who was the leader of Roanoke?

John White 

200

A list of a government’s fundamental law

Constitution 
200

What was the first colony to offer religious freedom?

Rhode Island

200

Identify one difference that makes the Middle region distinct from the other regions

More religious diversity and/or more ethnic diversity

200

What is the name of the colony founded as a safe place for Catholics to worship freely?


Maryland

300

Name the tribe that helped the Jamestown colonist. 

Powhatan 

300

To disagree

to dissent

300

What were the names of the Natives that helped the pilgrims survive. 

Squanto and Samoset

300

Before the English, what country originally had control of New York?

The Netherlands/The Dutch

300

Name the founder of Maryland

Lord Baltimore II

400

The Jamestown colonist called the winter of 1609-1610

The starving time 

400

Someone who refuses to fight in war 

Pacifist 

400

This group of people wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church.

Puritans

400

A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania. 

William Penn

400

A rebellion that took place in Virginia.

Bacon's Rebellion

500

The company that recruited new colonists for Jamestown 

The Virginia Company

500

Originally part of Pennsylvania 

Delaware

500

What was the first constitution in America called?

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut 


500

What does Philadelphia mean?

The city of brotherly love 

500

What was the first law passed to protect religious freedom called?

The Act of Toleration of 1649

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