Colonial People
Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in this famous year
1492
This was the most populated colony of by the 1700s
Virginia
Most African enslaved peoples were brought to the colonies from this region in Africa
West Africa
This separatist group of Puritans established this colony in present-day Massachusetts
Plymouth
Columbus first landed in this island nation and mistakenly thought he had reached India
The Bahamas
This indigenous Powhatan woman famously married an Englishman...a union that was more rare than in the Spanish colonies
Pocahontas (Mataoka)
This colony provided a refuge for persecuted English Catholics
Maryland
The name for the gruesome journey taken by enslaved peoples from Africa to the Americas
The Middle Passage
Governing document signed by separatist Puritans en route to Massachusetts
Mayflower Compact
One of landholdings of New Spain that contained massive amounts of mineral wealth
Mexico or Bolivia
His skills of cultivation of tobacco led to the success of the Jamestown Colony by the 1620s.
John Rolfe
This colony was established as a refuge for persecuted Quakers
Pennsylvania
This instrument, typically thought of as being native to Appalachia, was brought by African enslaved peoples to the "New World."
banjo
Oldest university in the 13 British Colonies; established for educating male preachers
Harvard University
This treaty divided Spanish landholdings from Portuguese landholdings in the New World
Treaty of Tordesillas
His rebellion in Colonial Virginia in 1676 led to the increased importation of African slaves to the 13 colonies
Nathaniel Bacon
This colony was known colloquially as the "sewer" where "undesirables" were banished
Rhode Island
The slave codes of Virginia and South Carolina originated from this island nation.
Barbados
This Massachusetts town was steeped in witch trials which resulted in the death of 25 individuals
Salem
Violent outbreaks in this Spanish colony led to a halt of Spanish settlement for several decades
New Mexico
This Puritan preacher in colonial Connecticut was famous for two things: giving a fiery sermon and being the grandfather of Aaron Burr
Jonathan Edwards
This colony was established as a refuge for debtors and criminals
Georgia
This dialect of English and African languages still survives mainly in coastal South Carolina today.
Gullah
Pastor Jonathan Edwards warned townspeople that "The God that holds you over the pit of hell, looks upon you as worthy of nothing else but to be cast into the fire..." in this fiery sermon from Connecticut
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
This Spaniard was known for establishing the mission system in Spanish California
Father Junipero Serra