Religion
This group is more commonly known as the Pilgrims. They separated themselves from the Church of England and moved to the New World in 1620.
Who were the Separatists?
This colony was founded by the Pilgrims in 1620.
What is Plymouth Colony?
The Founder of the colony of Pennsylvania.
Who was William Penn?
This valuable cash crop grown in the colonies was referred to as a “noxious weed” by King James I.
What is tobacco?
This famous event between the Pilgrims and the Indians is today celebrated every November.
What is Thanksgiving?
This group desired to purify the Church of England but after much conflict, many of them moved to the New World in 1630.
Who were the Puritans?
The ship that the Pilgrims sailed to American on.
What is the Mayflower?
The original name that New York colony was named by the Dutch.
What was New Netherland?
The famous nickname for the pirate Edward Teach who had terrorized the Carolina coast in the early 1700s.
Who was Blackbeard?
This type of colony is one which the king directly ruled over.
What is a Royal Colony?
The official name for the Church of England.
What is the Anglican Church?
The Puritans valued this highly as they believed it was essential for their children to become Christians.
What is education?
Rather than having a sermon, Quakers would sit quietly and wait for this thing to tell them God’s will.
What is the “inner light”?
The name given to this colony was in honor of King Charles II who granted eight of his loyal friends a large tract of land in America.
What is Carolina/the Carolinas?
This type of colony was founded with official permission from the king with a document.
What is a Charter Colony?
This colony was founded as a colony that would be safe for Catholics to settle so they may worship freely.
What is Maryland?
This friendly American Indian befriended the settlers of Plymouth by teaching them how to grow American crops and helping create trade relationships with local Indian tribes.
Who was Squanto?
The translation for the Latin word “Sylvania” in English.
What is “woodland”?
The last of the thirteen colonies to be created. It was made to be a buffer zone between the English colonies and Spanish Florida and to be a place where debtors could work off their debts.
What is Georgia?
This document created by the Pilgrims established the first self-government in the New World.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This document passed by Maryland in 1649 guaranteed religious freedom to all who believed in the Trinity.
What is the Act of Toleration?
This individual founded the colony of Rhode Island because he disagreed with the Puritan’s views of Christianity and wanted the church and state to be completely separated.
Who was Roger Williams?
This religious group was given the nickname “Quaker” because they were said to tremble and shake during their meetings.
Who are the Society of Friends?
This town in South Carolina was blockaded by several pirates including the famous Blackbeard.
What is Charles Town/Charleston?
This economic system did not allow the colonies to trade with whoever they desired. Instead, it was used by European empires to grow their power as wealth was measured by the amount of gold and silver a nation possessed.
What is mercantilism?