Roanoke and Jamestown
The New England Colonies
Vocabulary
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
100

An English pirate

Who is Sir Francis Drake

100

Pilgrims sailed to North America on this ship

What is The Mayflower

100

A blue flowering plant used to dye cloth

What is indigo

100

New Netherland, which was under Dutch control, became this state

What is New York

100

They paid for their passage to America, agreeing to work without pay for a certain length of time

What ia an indentured servant

200

The first English child born in America

Who is Virginia Dare

200

Protestants who wished to reform the Anglican Church

Who are Puritans

200

A document that grants the right to form a colony

What is a charter

200

Like New York, this colony (now state), also had a diverse population

What is New Jersey

200

Boundary line between Pennsylvania and Maryland

What is the Mason-Dixon Line

300

A joint-stock company who sent 144 settlers to North America to find gold and establish trade in fish and furs

What is The Virginia Company

300

The Pilgrims signed a document that set up an organized, orderly government

What is The Mayflower Compact

300

This word means disagreeing with Anglican beliefs or practices

What is dissented

300

This colony (or state) means "Penn's Woods" and was viewed as a "holy experiment" to put Quaker ideals into practice

What is Pennsylvania

300

An act that ensured Protestants and Catholics had the right to worship freely

What is The Act of Toleration

400

These people helped Captain John Smith and the settlers survive

Who are the Powhatan People

400

A Massachusetts minister who founded the town of Hartford, Connecticut

Who is Thomas Hooker

400

Of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language or cultural background

What is ethnic

400

This granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislature

What is The Charter of Privileges

400

Trade in deerskin, lumber and beef thrived in this South Carolina town

What is Charles Town (or now known as Charleston)

500

Her name means "playful one"

Who is Pocahontas

500

The first place in America where people of all faiths could worship freely

What is Rhode Island

500

A land grant

What is a headright

500

Functioned as a separate colony but remained under the authority of Pennsylvania's governor

What is Delaware

500

He received a charter from George II to set up the last British colony in America

Who is James Oglethorpe

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