Colonies
The British Colonies are located on which coast of which continent?
East Coast/ North America
Grants permission or outlines the rights of citizens
Charter
The first successful English colony in North America.
A person who does skilled labor
Artisan
This type of laborer worked for a set period in exchange for passage to the colonies
Indentured Servant
The number of states in the original British Colonies
13
The Pilgrims first settled here after drifting off course
Plymouth MA
A person who provided money to the colonies by purchasing shares, but stayed in England
Adventurer
He said “He that will not work, shall not eat”
John Smith
A colonial settlement named in honor of the British King
Jamestown
A country under the control of another (distant) country
Colony
A person who traveled to the new colony and provided labor
Planter
He founded Rhode Island based on religious tolerance.
Roger Williams
The bay that colonist ships entered in 1607, (located in Virginia)
Chesapeake
Granted the Charter to the Virginia Company
King James 1
A Native American confederacy which shares its name with the Chief
Powhatan
How many colonies made up the original colonies in North America?
13
This agreement created a self-governing community for the Pilgrims.
Mayflower Compact
The winter of 1609 -1610 when Jamestown settlers struggled to find food is known as
Starving Time
These were the two main goals of the Virginia Company when starting the colony
finding gold and establishing trade (in fish and furs)?
This group left England and sailed to America in 1620 for religious freedom.
Pilgrims or Separatist
Wealth men who did not perform manual labor in england
Gentlemen
This act granted freedom of worship to Catholics and Protestants in Maryland
The Act of Toleration