Early Settlers
The very first English settlement disappeared from where?
Roanoke Island.
What did the English Settlers during this time name their colony?
Jamestown
What was the celebration Pilgrims created?
Thanksgiving
How many colonies where there?
13
What is tobacco?
A plant
Roanoke Island was just off the coast of what is now known as what state.
North Carolina
Who was Pocahontas?
She was the daughter of the leader of the Powhatan, Chief Powhatan.
The Mayflower
What did the Puritans name their colony? In what state?
Boston, Massachusetts
What is tobacco used for?
To smoke or to sell to make money.
Spain and Portugal went to conquer land because they wanted to be...
Rich
The settlers at Jamestown survived because they had help from who?
The Native American tribe Powhatan
Who was the Native American who could speak English and helped the Pilgrims survive?
Squanto
What did the Puritans leave England for?
To worship God in their own way.
What people were forced by English settlers to grow tobacco for no money?
Enslaved Africans.
Who did Spanish/Portuguese send to take control of land in Mexico, Central, and South America?
Conquistadors
Why did the settlers during this time period call their colony Jamestown?
It was named after their king, King James.
What were the three things Squanto taught the Pilgrims to do in order to survive?
Who was the leader of England at this time that provided a charter for the Puritans to leave?
King Charles The First
What did settlers and Native Americans smoke tobacco out of?
Pipes
Who was the leader of the Europeans at this time?
Queen Elizabeth
What was traded between John Smith and Pocahontas?
The Pilgrims did not travel to the Americas in search of tobacco or gold and silver. What did they leave England for?
To worship god in their own way.
What was the college the Puritans created?
Harvard College
What was the large plot of lands that people worked on to grow crops like tobacco?
Plantations.