Seeking a Holy Land
What is Religious Freedom (tolerance)?
This colony was founded as a refuge for Catholics in the colonies.
What is Maryland?
The city now known as New York City was founded by this group as a center of Trade.
Who are the Dutch?
This Colonial leader required people at Jamestown to work in exchange for food.
Who is John Smith?
This word means "a plan for government"
What is "Constitution"?
These were religious people in England who wanted to reform the church and make it as pure as it once was.
Who are the Puritans?
What is Georgia?
Who is England?
Jamestown became successful after they began exporting this cash crop to England.
What is Tobacco?
The Virginia Company of London was granted this document to permit the founding of the Jamestown Settlement.
What is a Royal Charter?
These were puritans who wished to separate from the church completely. They became known in America as "Pilgrims".
What are separatists?
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania as a "holy experiment" to test the moral principles of this religious group.
Who are the Quakers?
These are agricultural products grown specifically to be sold, instead of consumed.
What are "Cash Crops"?
Before success at Jamestown, Sir Walter Raleigh settled on this future Carolinean island. His colony would eventually disappear without a trace.
What is Roanoke?
The Fundamental Orders of this colony would eventually become the first written constitution in the colonies.
What is Connecticut?
Some of the more trade-oriented colonies had policies of religious _________.
What is tolerance?
Connecticut and Rhode Island were founded when religious separatists broke away from this Colony.
What is the Massachusetts Bay Colony (Boston)?
This organization was the first group of elected representatives in the Colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This document set forth rules for how the Plymouth settlers would govern themselves.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colony became the first in the New World to allow freedom of religion for everyone.
What is Rhode Island?
Swedish settlers from Pennsylvania formed this colony, famous today for being a corporate tax haven.
What is Delaware?
These laborers were forced to work a set number of years in order to fund their trip to the new world.
Who were Indentured Servants?
Jamestown settlers commonly interacted with this Native American tribe, including the Chief's now-famous daughter.
Who were the Powhatan?
These were core political values at the center of the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
What are representative democracy and natural rights?