Vocabulary
A person who agreed to work for someone in colonial America for a fixed amount of time in order to pay for the ocean voyage.
Indentured Servant
A Native American who helped the Pilgrims at Plymouth to survive.
Squanto
Who was chosen to be the governor of the Roanoke colony?
John White
What was the name of the English army captain whose strict discipline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive?
John Smith
The Pilgrims left England because of ___.
Religious conflict
The form of self government the Pilgrims made before landing in Cape Cod.
Mayflower Compact
Governor of the Plymouth colony beginning in 1621.
William Bradford
What was the name of the first English baby born in America?
Virginia Dare
How many men and boys came to Jamestown?
104
TRUE or FALSE The first Thanksgiving lasted for 3 days in October.
True
An official document giving a person permission to do something such as settle in an area.
Charter
Daughter of Chief Powhatan who married John Rolfe.
Pocahontas
John White left Roanoke and returned to England to ___.
Get more supplies for the colony.
TRUE or FALSE When John Smith was hurt in the gunpowder explosion and had to return to England in 1609, the winter of 1609-1610 was considered "the relaxing time".
False
The Mayflower sailed for 66 days before lookouts spotted land. The land was not Virginia where they were hoping to go. The land was actually ____.
Cape Cod
The leader or chief of any group of Native Americans.
Sachem
The Jamestown leader whose method of curing tobacco made it a successful cash crop.
John Rolfe
TRUE or FALSE John White told the colonists to mark a cross on a tree if they got in any danger.
True
Name 3 major events that helped the colony of Jamestown grow?
Women came to the colony
The House of Burgesses was formed to make laws for the colony
Tobacco was harvested as a cash crop to make money for the colony
People who protested the practices of the Roman Catholic Church and set up the Church of England were called ___.
Protestants
A large fleet of ships, especially warships.
Armada
The Wampanoag sachem who made a peace agreement with the Pilgrims at Plymouth.
Massasoit
When John White returned to Roanoke Island, he found ____.
no one
Name 3 hardships that the Jamestown colonists faced?
Disease-carrying mosquitoes
Salty water
Swampy land
The ___ were Native Americans living near Plymouth.
Wampanoag