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This leader of the Jamestown Colony enforced the discipline principle of 2 Thessalonians 3:10 - that only those who work should eat, which was necessary for the survival of Jamestown.
Who is Capt. John Smith
Who founded the providence which became the capital of Rhode Island?
Who is Roger WIlliams
Who were the group of Anglicans who wanted to purify the state church from WITHIN (they wanted to stay in the church) by pushing for reforms that would rid England of Roman Catholic influence?
Who are the Puritans
Which colonies were considered the New England Colonies? (Hint: there are four of them).
What is Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire.
What was the first American college established to train young men for ministry?
What is Harvard College
Who was the explorer from Holland that sailed up a river that now bears his name while seeking the Pacific Ocean, and claimed the land area for the Dutch that became known as "New Netherlands" (Now, New York)?
Who was the proprietor of the first group of settlers that arrived in Maryland in 1634, also known as Lord Baltimore?
Who is Cecilius Calvert
Who were the group of people that believed that Christians needed to seperate from the official Church?
Who are the Seperatists
What colonies are considered the "Middle Colonies"?(Hint: there 4)
What is New York and New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware.
What were the land-grants offered to the colonists by the Virginia Company as a means of obtaining land for those fulfilled an indenture (work contract)?
What is Headrights
Who was the govenor of Plymouth that wrote of the history of the colony in Of Plymouth Plantation?
Who is William Bradford
Who was the Powhatan Chief's daughter who traveled to England?
Who was Pocahontas
What was the primary motivation for the settlement of Massachusetts?
What is Religious Freedom
What are considered the Southern Colonies? (Hint: there are four)
What is Maryland, the Carolinas, and Georgia.
What was the name of the first self-governing assembly of the new world? Hint: In 1618 the Virginia Company of London granted the colonists the right to elect this law-making body.
What is the House of Burgesses
Who was the well-educated Govenor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony that dreamed of establishing a Puritan commonwealth that would be a "Model of Christian Charity"
Who is John Winthrop
Who was the Quaker leader whos vision and labor contributed to the establishment of Pennyslvania as a colony?
Who is William Penn
What document bound the settlers to submit to the colony's laws and duly elected leadership and was the first document of self-government in America?
What is the Mayflower Compact
What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World, found by the 104 men and boys sent to America by the London Company (Later named the Virginia Company)?
What is Jamestown
What type of colony was governed by a trade company that recieved its authorization from the king?
What was a Charter Colony
Who was the puritan minister that moved three congregations under his leadership into the Connecticut River Valley, becoming a signifcant figure in the settlement of connecticut?
Who was Thomas Hooker
Who was the Indian that provided the settlers with life-saving information about crop fertilization in order to increase food production, and led them to areas where they could catch fish and eels to supplement their diet?
Who is Squanto
Which colony was the last of England's 13 colonies, founded by James Oglethorpe to provide a place for debtors to start a new life and to create a military buffer against Spanish Florida.
What is Georgia
What "Act" was established by the colony leaders of Maryland to provide everyone (catholic or protestant) professing a belief in Christ with religious freedom?
What is the Toleration Act of 1649