Colonies
Colonial Life
Economics
Government
Key Names
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The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony
100
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
Who are Indentured Servants?
100

Name used to describe the forced transportation of slaves across the Atlantic Ocean

What is the Middle Passage?

100
This is the type of government where elected officials make laws for its people.
What is Representative Democracy?
100

Name for the leader of the Catholic Church.

What is the Pope?

200
The Colony established by Roger Williams which was based on Separation of Church and State.
What is Rhode Island
200
These were large production Cash Crop farms that resembled European Feudalism. Instead of landlocked serfs, these farms had African slaves.
What are Plantations?
200
The trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits.
What is Triangular Trade?
200
Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of representative government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200

He was a Puritan who gave the "City on a Hill" speech

Who is John Winthrop?

300
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
300
This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. Known for Theocratic government.
Who are the Puritans?
300
Nickname for the type of farming for profit that included tobacco, rice, indigo, and slave labor. Generally associated with Southern Colonies.
What is Cash Crop Farming?
300

This company that sponsored the early efforts of English colonization

What is the Virginia Company?
300
She was the daughter of Chief Powhattan, is rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith in Jamestown, and later married Captain John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas
400
Colony established by Quakers with the idea that all people were created equal.
What is Pennsylvania?
400
This religious movement in Europe was started by Martin Luther and split the Christian faith. This lead to many religious settlers in America.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
400

This colonial region's labor system was dominated by slave labor and tobacco cultivation.

What are the Southern Colonies?

400
This type of government is ruled by religious leaders and religious laws. Salem village was an example of a failed form of this type of government
What is Theocracy?
400

He started the Protestant reformation, shares a name with a famous civil rights leader.

Who is Martin Luther?

500
This Colony was set up with religious settlers under the principles of a Theocratic government.
What is Massachusetts? (Plymouth also acceptable)
500
This group of religious settlers wanted to “separate” from the Church of England. They landed in Plymouth and are credited with celebrating the first American Thanksgiving.
Who are the Pilgrims?
500
What was the name of the Native American who assisted the Pilgrims shortly after landed at Plymouth Rock.

Who was Squanto?

500
The first form of representative government in the colonies. Elected officials of Jamestown formed this legislative body.
What is the House of Burgesses?
500

Name of the leader of the Natives that engaged in a war with the colonists in the mid-1600s

Who is King Phillip?

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