The New World
Christopher Columbus was hired by the rulers of this country to find this.
Spain and an all water route to Asia.
This group of people robbed any ship they found and took anything and everything.
Pirates
This extremely strict religious group in England was persecuted for their beliefs, and fled to what is now Massachusetts.
Puritans
Thomas Hooker
This is a large farm designed specifically for slaves to farm cash crops.
Plantation
Jacques Cartier founded this city for France.
Quebec
These pirates gave half of their spoils to the British in exchange for protection.
Privateers
This persecuted religious group was made up entirely of pacifists, and heavily against modern medicine.
Quakers
This puritan woman spoke out against the reverends because she didn't like how things were being run and was eventually exiled.
Anne Hutchinson
This is the system that allowed for the colonies to have enough slaves to sell goods to Europe.
Triangular Slave Trade
This originally Dutch port city was taken over by the British.
New Amsterdam
This privateer took down 3 times as many ships as Blackbeard, and was so good at it that the Spanish king put a bounty on his head.
Sir Francis Drake
This is the first colony ever attempted by the British, sometimes referred to as 'the lost colony.'
Roanoke
Founder of Rhode Island and the idea of separation of Church and State.
Roger Williams
These people voluntarily gave up their freedom for a period of time in exchange for passage to the New World.
Indentured Servants
This Portuguese explorer was the first to circumnavigate the globe.
Ferdinand Magellan
This French explorer explored the southern part of the Mississippi River and founded New Orleans.
Robert LaSalle
This colony was the first successful British colony in the New World, and was founded in this year.
Jamestown, 1607
Founder of Pennsylvania, the birthplace of freedom of religion.
William Penn
This was an example of group think in which numerous women were wrongfully executed.
Salem Witch Trials
This mercenary was hired by the Dutch to explore the New World, and was the founder of New Amsterdam.
Henry Hudson
This English Sailor was hired by these people, and founded New Amsterdam.
Henry Hudson, the Dutch
This document was signed by the Pilgrims when they were travelling to the New World, agreeing that the men would share the responsibilities of the government.
The Mayflower Compact
This colonist led a rebellion in Jamestown because the British wouldn't let them expand further west.
Sir Francis Bacon
This case between a journalist and the British governor of New York led to freedom of speech and press.