Early Colonies
This word means a group of people who settle in a new place but are still ruled by another country.
What is a colony?
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The Pilgrims sailed to North America on this ship.
What is the Mayflower?
Colonists had to grow or make many things they needed because stores were not like stores today.
What is self-sufficiency?
This country ruled the thirteen colonies before the American Revolution.
What is Great Britain?
Reasons many English settlers came to North America.
What is many English settlers came to North America hoping to find land, money, or religious freedom?
Jamestown was located in this present-day state.
What is Virginia?
The Pilgrims settled in this colony.
What is Plymouth.
Describe life for colonial children.
The name for: Colonists were angry when Great Britain taxed them without letting them have a voice in government.
What is taxation without representation?
This is the name of the colony where the settlers disappeared, leaving only the word "Croatioan".
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
This crop helped Jamestown become successful and make money.
What is tobacco?
This agreement helped the Pilgrims create rules and govern themselves.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The job that involves printing newspapers, books, and important announcements.
What is a printer?
This event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor to protest a tax.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This country started many colonies along the eastern coast of North America.
What is England?
This leader helped Jamestown survive by making the rule, "He who does not work shall not eat."
Who is John Smith?
This Native American group helped the Pilgrims survive in Plymouth.
Who are the Wampanoag?
A large farm where crops such as tobacco or rice were grown.
What is a plantation?
A person who wanted independence from Great Britain was called this.
What is a patriot?
Reasons life was difficult for early colonists.
What is settlers often struggled because they were not prepared for the harsh weather, lack of food, and unfamiliar land.
The Jamestown settlers faced a terrible time of hunger and sickness called this.
What is the Starving Time?
The Pilgrims and Puritans both came to North America partly because they wanted this.
What is religious freedom?
Colonial life was different depending on the region because of climate, geography, and natural resources.
Why were the New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies different?
The purpose for the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence announced that the colonies wanted to become free from Great Britain?