New England Colonies
Boston, Plymouth Rock, Harvard, Basketball Hall of Fame, New England colonies
Massachusetts
Washington crossed the Delaware River, Cape May, diners, Middle colonies
New Jersey
Annapolis Naval Academy, Baltimore Harbor, Cheapeake Bay, Southern colonies
Maryland
The first colony in the United States; set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia
Jamestown
A member of a Puritan Separatist sect that left England in the early 1600s to settle in the Americas
Pilgrim
The smallest state, "the Ocean State", the 13th state, New England colonies
Rhode Island
Hershey's, Gettysburg, Liberty Bell, Poconos, Middle colonies
Pennsylvania
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, Monroe, Jamestown, Southern colonies
Virginia
The first attempt by the English to establish a colony in the Americas. Unfortunately, the colony failed when the settlers disappeared under mysterious circumstances giving the colony the nickname the "Lost Colony."
Roanoke
Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England.
Puritans
The Coast Guard, Yale, and the 1st helicopter flight, New England colonies
Connecticut
One World Trade Center, Westpoint, Statue of Liberty, Middle colonies
New York
Roanoke, Outer Banks & corolla horses, Wright Brothers, Southern colonies
North Carolina
American Indian princess, she saved the life of John Smith when he was captured and sentenced to death by the Powhatan. She was later taken prisoner by the English, converted to Christianity, and married colonist John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
Pawtuxet Indian, who was captured and enslaved in Spain but later escaped to England and then America; he taught the Pilgrims native farming methods and helped them establish relations with the Wampanoag, the Indians at the feast later known as Thanksgiving.
Squanto
The Granite State, Mt. Washington, Robert Frost, New England colonies
New Hampshire
1st state in the USA, 2nd smallest state, Rehoboth Beach, Middle colonies
Delaware
Fort Sumter, Charleston, and Myrtle Beach, Southern colonies
South Carolina
English colonist to the Americas who helped found the Jamestown Colony and encouraged settlers to work harder and build better housing.
John Smith
Quaker leader who founded a colony for Quakers in Pennsylvania; the colony provided an important example of representative self-government and became a model of freedom and toleranc
William Penn
A document written by the Pilgrims establishing themselves as a political society and setting guidelines for self-government.
Mayflower Compact
A conflict that took place between Great Britain and France. British colonists fought on the side of Great Britain, and Native Americans fought alongside the French, which is how the war got its name.
French & Indian War
Dr. Rev. Martin Luther King Jr., Coca-Cola and peaches, Southern colonies
Georgia
A person who moves to another country after leaving his or her homeland
immigrant
Society of Friends; Protestant sect founded in 1640s in England whose members believed that salvation was available to all people
Quakers