Colonial Beginnings
This was the first successful English colony in North America.
What is Jamestown?
Pilgrims left England because they wanted to separate from this church.
What is the Anglican Church or The Church of England?
Massachusetts was part of this colonial region.
What is New England?
People who worked under a contract in exchange for passage to America.
Who were indentured servants?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a safe haven for Quakers.
What is Pennsylvania?
Colonists in Jamestown struggled with famine, disease, and this lack of skill.
What is farming experience/preparation?
Puritans wanted to do this to the Anglican Church.
What is purify/reform it?
Georgia was part of this colonial region.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Most plantation labor in the Southern Colonies was performed by these people.
Who were enslaved Africans?
Quakers believed strongly in this idea for both women and minorities.
What is equality?
The colony of New York was originally settled by these people.
Who were the Dutch?
This ship carried the Pilgrims to America.
What is the Mayflower?
New York belonged to this colonial region.
What are the Middle Colonies?
This was the voyage enslaved Africans endured across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
This woman was banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony for challenging religious authority.
Who was Anne Hutchinson?
This Native American helped the Pilgrims learn farming and survival skills.
Who was Squanto (Tisquantum)?
This agreement established self-government in Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
rade, fishing, and shipbuilding were major industries in this region.
What is New England?
This formerly enslaved man wrote about slavery and advocated for abolition.
Who was Olaudah Equiano?
The Pilgrims signed this document to create laws and govern themselves.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colony disappeared and became known as the "Lost Colony."
What is Roanoke?
This Native American group helped the Pilgrims survive their first year and participated in the gathering later known as the First Thanksgiving.
Who were the Wampanoag?
The Middle Colonies were known by this nickname.
What are the Breadbasket Colonies?
Name the labor system that allowed passage to America in exchange for years of work.
What is indentured servitude?
This principle was central to Pennsylvania's founding.
What is religious freedom?