New Spain & New France
The #1 rule in Jamestown was?
No work = no food
How many times was Roanoke settled?
2 times
What was the #1 rule in Jamestown?
No work = No eat
Why was Plymouth settled?
Religious freedom
Who was the person who claimed the land for the Dutch which later was settled as New Netherland?
Why was Roanoke settled?
England wanted to secure land or their claim in the New World.
Who was the leader that kept the colonists from starving the first year?
John Smith
What was the name of the group that settled Plymouth?
Pilgrims or Separatists
What was the name of the places Spain established to help them convert Native Americans to Christianity?
missions
What was England's first permanent settlement called?
Jamestown
What is one of the reasons the colony failed?
1. Didn't know how to farm
2. Came too late in the year
3. Fought with Native Americans
What cash crop allowed Jamestown to make money?
Tobacco
What did the colonists sign before they stepped foot off the Mayflower that was an agreement about how they would govern themselves?
Mayflower Compact
How did the French colonists get rich in the New World?
Why did the people of New Netherland not fight the English when the English wanted to take over the colony?
The Dutch hated their leader who was a tyrant and wouldn't give them a say. The English promised them a say in how they were governed.
Why did it take John White three years to return to Roanoke after going to England for supplies?
England was at war with Spain.
Whey did they go to war with the Powhatans?
They stole their land and crops.
Who was the Indian who helped the Plymouth colonists learn how to grow crops successfully?
Squanto
New France's first colony was?
Quebec
England's first colony needed rules, they formed __________ to make laws
The House of Burgesses
What did John White find when he returned to the Roanoke Colony?
"Croatoan" etched into post
What two reasons made it hard for people in Jamestown's colony to survive when they first settled?
They settled in a swamp & were lazy/bad farmers
TRUE or FALSE the Plymouth colonists went to war with the Native Americans eventually over land and crops?
FALSE