Important People
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A group of courageous people who left all they had and sailed to America to begin a new life in the wilderness
Who are the Pilgrims?
Indian who befriended the Pilgrims and taught them to fish, hunt, and grow crops.
Who was Squanto
The ship the brought the Pilgrims to the New World.
What was the Mayflower?
What was the History of Plymouth Plantation
1607
What is the founding of Jamestown?
Second governor of Plymouth and he wrote a book.
Who was William Bradford?
Saved Jamestown from self-destruction
Who was John Smith
A form of socialism in which all members of a group contribute and benefit from the stores.
What is the common-store system?
One who had his/her passage to America paid by an established colonist.
What is an indentured servant?
1620
What is the founding of Plymouth?
Sent the expedition that established the "lost colony" of Roanoke.
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
First modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America.
Who was John Cabot
A successful economic system in which individuals are free to make a living according to their own enterprise.
What is a free enterprise?
A colony owned by the king.
What is the royal colony?
English colony that was founded off the coast of North Carolina.
What is Roanoke?
First Englishman to sail around the world.
Who was Francis Drake?
King of England who chartered the colonization of Virginia.
Who was James I?
Established a form of limited representative government in England
What is the Magna Carta?
A general assembly in which the freemen of Plymouth colony met to pass laws and conduct the business of the colony.
What is the General Court?
A long and indefinite section claimed by England on North America's Atlantic coast.
What is Virginia?
Wanted to "purify" the church of England from within.
Who were the Puritans?
Wanted to withdraw completely from the church of England.
Who were the Separatists?
Representative assembly that met in Jamestown to advise the governor ad assist him in making laws.
What is the House of Burgesses?
A temporary charter signed by the Pilgrims.
What was the Mayflower Compact?