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What was the first successful English settlement in North America
What is Jamestown
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They landed at Plymouth in 1620 and traveled for Religious reasons...
What is pilgrims
100
The fouder of Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn
100
To pay for their passage to America, these people agreed to work without pay for a certain length of time...
What is indentured servants
100
the last English colony to be created
What is Georgia
200
What was England's first attempt to settle the new world? -- "vanishing colony"
What is Roanoke
200
Name one of the two Native Americans that helped the people at Plymouth survive the first winter....
Who is Squanto or Samoset
200
Means "Society of Friends"--Penn himself was one of these
What is Quaker
200
Vocab work meaning pieces of land...
What is estate
200
vocab word meaning religious settlements established to convert people to a certain faith....
What is a mission
300
What was the experienced explorer that forced settlers to work? Jamestown survives because of his efforts...
What is John Smith
300
This is the first written constitution in the Americans
What is Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
300
New York State was orginally New Amsterdam because it was controlled by who?
What is the Dutch
300
The governor of Virginia that was overthrown by Bacon and his rebellion...
who is Sir William Berkeley
300
How many colonies were created for Religious freedom?
What is seven
400
What was Jamestown's representative government called?
What is House of Burgesses
400
This person founded Hartford Connecticut
Who is Thomas Hooker
400
Name three of the four Middle Colonies...
What is New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware.
400
Name the two reasons Georgia was founded
What is a place for debtors to start fresh and to create a buffer for the other 12 colonies for spanish owned Flordia
400
Another name for King Philip
Metacomet
500
Jamestown was this________, when investors buy stock in a company in hopes of a share of its future profits.
What is joint-stock company
500
Name three out of the four New England Colonies
What is Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode Island
500
Who founded New Jersey?
Who is Lordy John Berkeley and George Carteret.
500
A site of Spanish military post--popular city today
What is San Antonio
500
Protestants who wanted to leave the Anglican church and create new churchs....
Who is Separatists
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