Pilgrims
Jamestown
Dutch/French
puritans
misc.
100
what was the Pilgrims plan of government called
Mayflower Compact
100
Where was the first English Colony
Jamestown
100
Who was the founder of the city of Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
100
Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonist ahead of the others?
to get the colony started
100
Why did the English want colonies in North America?
to find gold and other resources
200
Why did the Pilgrims leave their homeland
to practice their religious beliefs
200
What type of government was established in Jamestown?
self-government
200
What colonies did the French found as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?
Quebec and Montreal
200
What happened to the dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?
They were forced to leave their colony
300
Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth
a storm blew their ship off course
300
How did Jamestown settlers avoid starvation?
They farmed the land and dug wells
300
What contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?
trading beaver fur
300
Who was the leader of the Puritans?
John Winthrop
300
What greatly angered the Spanish?
That Francis Drake raided Spanish ships
400
Which of the following is NOT one of the difficulties the Pilgrims faced: winter,disease,hunger,or drought
drought
400
Who established the colony of Jamestown?
John Smith
400
What river did the Dutch take control of?
Hudson River
400
Who left the Puritans and later founded a colony in Rhode Island
Roger Williams
400
What region had the longest growing season?
Southern colonies
500
Who was the leader of the Pilgrims
William Bradford
500
Who saved John Smith's life from the Powhatan Indian Chief?
Pocahontas
500
What did the Dutch name the colony they founded New Netherlands and later changed to?
New Amsterdam
500
What did the Puritans call their colony?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
500
How did many of the Middle and Southern colonies get started?
religious groups faced persecution in the first colonies built
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