Colony Founders
The colony he helped found was meant to give debtors a fresh start.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
The Virginia Company sold stock in Jamestown for this reason.
What is to raise money to establish the colony?
How did New Netherland become New York?
What is England sent soldiers and forced the Dutch to surrender?
Who could vote at Massachusetts Bay town meetings?
Who are land-owning Puritan men?
Thomas Hooker is known today as the ______.
What is “Father of American Democracy”?
He started Pennsylvania as a safe place for Quakers.
Who is William Penn?
King James I’s relationship with Jamestown in 1606 could be described as this.
What is cooperation?
New Netherland was founded mostly for these purposes.
What are economic purposes?
Why were town meetings important?
What is they were one of the first examples of democracy in North America?
Jamestown colonists stole food → Powhatans blockaded → colonists starved. This is called the ____.
What is Starving Time?
His colony was called a “buffer” to protect other English colonies.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
This document best shows the relationship between King James I and Jamestown.
What is the Jamestown charter?
Settlers in New Netherland came from ____.
What is many different countries?
Why were Plymouth colonist interactions with Squanto significant? (2 Answers)
• What is he taught crops to grow?
• What is he helped trade by acting as interpreter?
Which colony would you find a theocracy based on Puritan religion?
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
His land was given as repayment of a debt owed to his father.
Who is William Penn?
A major achievement of Jamestown Colony.
What is being the first permanent English colony?
Physical feature that influenced New Netherland’s location.
What are its many waterways?
Colony known for intolerance that banished Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Who helped establish religious freedom in Rhode Island? (Initials = RW)
Who is Roger Williams?
His ideas about voting helped inspire the U.S. Constitution.
Who is Thomas Hooker?
Three ways the Powhatans cooperated with Jamestown settlers.
What is they taught colonists how to farm and survive?
What is they traded with the colonists?
What is they introduced colonists to tobacco?
This passage from the Charter of 1732 shows Georgia was created for this reason.
What is defense; a buffer?
Thomas Hooker believed these people should vote.
Who are all men who owned land?
Colony that became known for peace, Quakers, and diversity.
What is Pennsylvania Colony?