Native Americans
This Virginian tribe sealed a treaty with English settlers through marriage
What is the Powhatan tribe?
Successful long voyages, increased use of the compass and the printing press, and Spain's rising prominence set the stage for its discovery
What is the New World / America
This Virginian rebel burned Jamestown to the ground before his death by dysentery in 1676
Who was Nathaniel Bacon?
New York was originally "New" what?
What is Netherlands?
This was the main cause for the most deaths in Jamestown in the early years
What is famine/starvation?
Early Americans planted these "three sisters" as their primary source of food
What is corn, squash and beans?
In general terms, disease, warfare and lack of resources are three elements that can contribute to what?
What is the fall of civilization?
In this year, Jamestown was founded in Virginia.
What is 1607?
William Penn founded Pennsylvania in the name of this religious group
Who were the Quakers / The Society of Friends?
What is tobacco?
The introduction of this animal from Europe aided native americans on their journey west
What are horses?
This exchange of knowledge, plants, diseases and ideas between the New World and the Old World occurred after 1492
What is the Columbian Exchange?
This historical document was an agreement between the male settlers who set sail for in Plymouth in 1620 that they would defer to the majority vote
What was the Mayflower Compact?
This population of Salem land owners was most targeted by witch accusations, primarily so their assets could be collected by the town government
What is women/older women?
These codes were designed to strip kidnapped Africans of their rights and confine them to involuntary labor
What were the Slave Codes?
This tribe helped the Plymouth settlers survive the harsh Massachusetts winter
Who were the Wampanoag?
This lost colony preceded Jamestown as the first attempt at an American settlement
What is Roanoke, Virginia?
The Mayflower set sail for this region, only to land at Plymouth instead
What is Virginia?
Maryland's act of toleration did not tolerate this historically marginalized ethnic group
Who were the Jews?
Before slave labor, these individuals were the primary labor source in plantation colonies
What were indentured servants?
These early Americans built their houses into the sides of cliffs
What are the Anasazi?
Each company has its own capital, including Virginia, whose capital was this significant city
What is Jamestown?
These companies allowed people to invest in buying land in the states
What are Joint Stock Companies?
Georgia was initially supposed to exclude this elite group
What were the rich/rich people?
This crop, known as "Carolina Gold," was Carolina's chief export, cultivated by enslaved West Africans
What is rice?