Colonies and Settlements
The first settlement of the Virginia Company.
What is Jamestown?
Jamestown founder, leader.
Who is John Smith?
The first cash crop of the 13 colonies, particularly in Virginia
What is Tobacco?
The year Jamestown was settled
What is 1607?
The southernmost of the 13 colonies
In 1692 you'd best be on the lookout for witches in this town just north of Boston.
What is Salem?
This Native helped the Pilgrims primarily by serving as a liaison and diplomat.
Squanto
The Pilgrims sailed upon this ship before getting to Plymouth Rock
What is The Mayflower?
The year the Plymouth Colony was founded
The ocean that the English would have traveled across to get to North America
What is The Atlantic Ocean?
A buffer colony to protect from the Spanish!
What is Georgia?
Founder of the English colony of Georgia
James Oglethorpe
This written constitution was the first of its kind in the North American colonies.
What is The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
The first elected representative body was founded in this year (The House of Burgesses)
What is 1619?
The Dutch settled New Netherland along this river
What is The Hudson River?
This "holy experiment" of a colony sits firmly in the middle colonies region
What is Pennsylvania?
This native married John Rolfe, and was an invaluable connection between the Jamestown settlers and the Powhatan
The Pilgrims would not leave their ship until this document was agreed to and signed by the 41 men on board
What is The Mayflower Compact?
William Penn founded Pennsylvania in this year
What is 1680?
The settlers of Jamestown would have traveled through this bay to get to their settlement
What is The Chesapeake Bay?
Anne Hutchinson was banished from this New England colony!
What is Massachusetts Bay?
The Quaker that designed the city of Philadelphia... among other things
Who is William Penn?
This trading commodity was the primary purpose of Dutch settlement in New Netherland
What is fur?
The Salem Witch Trials broke out in this year
What is 1692?
The city of Philadelphia was settled along the banks of this river
What is the Delaware River?