Roanoke
What word was left behind as a clue on a piece of wood?
Croatoan
These were created to let governments spread their trading ability around the world with minimum risk?
The Virginia Company is an example.
Joint-Stock Company
The people who left England for religious reasons and settled Plymouth were called?
Pilgrims/ Separatists
Colonists emphasized literacy in order to read the
Bible
Controversial testimony about ghosts that would supposedly hurt people
Spectral evidence
What happened to the colonies in 1585 and 1587.
1585- went home, 1587 disappeared
Percentage of colonists that perished in the initial stages of the colony.
80-90%
Initially the separatists went to live in this country to practice their religion?
The Netherlands
The Puritans emphasized literacy because everyone should know how to
Read the Bible
People were accused of witchcraft and claimed innocence. If they were found guilty they faced
Punishment, death
Who financed the expedition to start this colony
Sir Walter Raleigh
A particularly difficult time for the colony from 1609-1610 was called?
Starving Time
After the first year, how many colonists survived?
50% or half
While fleeing England to practice their own religion, the Puritans were not ____________in their own colony.
Religiously tolerant
Who was accused of witchcraft and the governor finally stepped in to end the trials
The governors wife
Why was John White unable to go back right away to resupply the colony?
The war between England and Spain. The Spanish Armada attacked in 1588.
Three conditions that the Virginia Co. said needed to be met to settle were?
--Surrounded on three sides by water
-- uninhabited
-- far enough inland so Spanish couldn't find them
--deep enough for a ship to anchor
What agreement set rules for the Plymouth colony?
Mayflower Compact
The colony was considered to be a role model based on religious principles. It was called?
A city on a hill
What happened to Giles Corey
pressed to death
Who was an English privateer who brought the survivors of the first attempt home?
Sir Francis Drake
This marriage promoted peace between the Powhatan tribe and Jamestown settlers.
John Rolfe and Pocahantas
Who was the first governor of Plymouth
William Bradford
Three people who were forced out of Mass. Bay because they had a difference of opinion with the Religious leaders.
Thomas Hooker, Ann Hutchinson and Roger Williams
What changes in the legal system are reforms of the Witch trials.
legal counsel, innocent until proven guilty, rejection of spectral evidence, cross examination of a witness