Early English Colonies
The English colony established by noblemen in 1607.
What is Jamestown?
The English colony where slaves were first brought to in America.
What is Jamestown?
The year the Christopher Columbus "discovered" the "New World."
What is 1492?
The year that Jamestown was established.
What is 1607?
The men that established Jamestown.
Who are English noblemen?
The winter of 1609-1610 when people in Jamestown were dying due to starvation.
What is the "Starving Time?"
The people that first brought African slaves to English America?
Who are the Dutch?
The year the Sea Dogs defeated the Spanish Armada.
What is 1588?
The year that it was discovered that the colony of Roanoke had disappeared.
What is 1590?
The man that Jamestown is named after.
Who is King James?
The Native Americans that lived around Jamestown.
Who are the Powhatan?
The trade between European nations that brought slaves to the Americas.
What is the Atlantic Slave Trade?
The year the first attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island.
What is 1585?
The years of the winter that almost wiped out all of Jamestown due to starvation.
What is 1609-1610?
The man that was in charge of Jamestown.
Who is John Smith?
The first representative assembly in America.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
The journey that slaves took to America under horrible conditions.
What is the Middle Passage?
The year of the second attempt to establish a colony on Roanoke Island.
What is 1587?
The year that the Virginia House of Burgesses was created.
What is 1619?
The word that was carved into a tree on Roanoke.
What is Croatoan?
The seven reasons why English citizens would want to move to the "New World."
What are land, political freedom, personal riches, excitement and adventure, English domination, national wealth, and religious freedom?
The three reasons why American slavery is different from slavery throughout history.
What are slaves were only from Africa, slaves could not get out of being a slave, and slaves were kidnapped from their homeland.
The year that John Cabot claimed the eastern part of North America for England.
What is 1497?
The year that slaves were first brought to English North America.
What is 1619?
The man that left Roanoke to get supplies and returned three years later.
Who is John White?