Religious Refugees
These Separatists came to America aboard the Mayflower in 1620.
Who were the Pilgrims?
The name given to the winter of 1609–1610 when many Jamestown colonists died from hunger.
What is the "Starving Time"?
This dissenter founded Rhode Island, a colony known for its religious freedom.
Who was Roger Williams?
These were Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church.
Who are the Puritans?
This word means disagreeing with beliefs or practices, and it led to new colonies being formed.
What is dissent?
This group wanted to reform, or change, the Anglican Church, rather than separate from it.
Who were the Puritans?
This is the name of the legislative body established in Virginia in 1619, the first elected legislature in North America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Thomas Hooker left Massachusetts and founded this colony in 1636.
What is Connecticut?
This document, signed by the Pilgrims, created a government where laws would be made for the good of the colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This is a crop that can be sold for money and was introduced to Jamestown by John Rolfe.
What is a cash crop?
This term describes Protestants who wanted to break away completely from the Anglican Church.
Who were the Separatists?
The system used in Virginia that gave 50 acres of land to any settler who paid for their own passage.
What is the headright system?
This colony was founded by John Wheelwright in 1638.
What is New Hampshire?
The movement of more than 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts during the 1630s.
What is the Great Migration?
This term describes allowing people to practice different religions. Rhode Island was the first colony to embrace it.
What is religious toleration?
This is the name given to the large movement of over 15,000 Puritans to the Massachusetts Bay Colony during the 1630s.
What was the Great Migration?
King James I turned Virginia into this kind of colony in 1624, after revoking the Virginia Company's charter.
What is a royal colony?
This term describes allowing people to practice different religions, a key belief of Roger Williams.
What is religious toleration?
This set of laws in Connecticut was the first written constitution in America.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
These Protestants, also known as Pilgrims, wanted to completely break away from the Anglican Church.
Who are the Separatists?
Separatists were victims of this, which means being mistreated for their religious beliefs.
What is persecution?
This is the name for a company where investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits. The Virginia Company is an example.
What is a joint-stock company?
This was the first written constitution in America.
What were the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
The name of the Native American who helped the Pilgrims by teaching them to farm, hunt, and fish.
Who is Squanto?
The name of the first permanent English colony in North America, established in 1607.
What is Jamestown?