Lesson 1
Who was Sir Walter Raleigh?
An explorer
What two groups of people opposed King Henry's church?
Separatists and Puritans
What were landowners called?
Patroons
Who was William Penn?
The founder of Pennsylvania
What crop did the settlers rely on?
Tobacco
How did Smith's Leadership help the colony survive?
He forced the settlers to work
They wanted to set up their own churches.
Who started the colony that became New York?
The Dutch
What groups helped find Delaware?
The Swedish, The Dutch, and the English
An English lord
What were the first 2 years like for the Jamestown colonists?
Hardships, hunger, and disease
What was the basic reason the Separatists went to the Americas?
religious freedom
What incentive did the Dutch West India Company offer to people who brought settlers?
Land
What other roles did William Penn play in the PA colony?
Wrote their constitution
Who was Eliza Luca?
An English woman who developed the indigo crop.
How was Raleigh significant to American History?
He was the first person to establish one of the colonies in America.
A government for the new colonists outside the Virginia Company
What was the New York colony called before?
New Netherlands
What colonies were talked about in lesson 3?
The middle colonies
What colonies were talked about in lesson 4
The Southern colonies
What movie was based on John Smith and Jamestown?
Pocohontas
How did the Squanto and Samoset help the pilgrims?
They taught them how to grow crops, and showed them where to hunt and fish
Why would the English want New Netherlands?
Profits
What colonies were talked about in lesson 2?
The New England Colonies
What were the Acts of Toleration?
Maryland laws that allowed religions to worship freely.