important people
The husband of Pocahontas
John Rolfe
Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Connecticut are some examples of the blank colonies
Northern colonies
First permanent British settlement found in 1607
Jamestown
an uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against high taxes
Bacon's rebellion
a Separatist group that cut all ties with the Church of England and left England to escape persecution
Pilgrims
The governer of puritans who settled the Massachusetts bay colony
John Winthrop
Virginia, the Carolinas, and Maryland are some examples of the blank colonies.
Southern colonies
Settled by Pilgrims and puritans seeking religious freedom
Massachusetts
The war led by Metacom attacking the colonies
King Phillip’s War
people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
Puritans
Person who created an alliance then attacked the colonies.
Metacom/King Phillip
Pennsylvania, New York, Delaware, and New Jersey are some examples of the blank colonies.
Middle colonies
First British settlement found in 1587
Roanoke
a legal contract male passengers on the Mayflower signed agreeing to have fair laws to protect the general good
Mayflower Compact
colonists who reached America by working for free for other people who had paid for their journeys
Indentured servants
Person who founded Rhode Island where there was no religious persecutions of Christians
Roger Williams
Georgia is a blank colony
Southern colony
Southern colony settled by Lord Baltimore
Maryland
an act that made limiting the religious rights of Christians a crime
Toleration act of 1649
people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country
Immigrants
Person who led the bacon’s rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon
what was the first middle colony
New York
Settled by the Dutch in 1624
Amsterdam or New York
An assembly of elected representatives
First legislative Assembly
a religious group that believed in the equality of men and women before God; supported nonviolence and religious tolerance
Quakers