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The first permanent English settlement in North America
Jamestown
Who helped John Smith and colonists at Jamestown?
Powhatan Confederacy of Native Americans
What is a definition of immigrants?
people who have left the country of their birth to live in another country.
This movement, which took place during the 1700s, spread the idea that reason and logic could improve society.
Enlightenment
These people signed a contract to work for 4 to 7 years for those who paid for their journey to America.
indentured servants
True or False. Nathaniel Bacon led Bacon's Rebellion.
True
Who wanted to purify - or reform- the Anglican Church?
Puritans
people who disagreed with official opinions were called...
dissenters
This was a religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s and it changed colonial religion
Great Awakening
True or False. George Washington lost a battle to the French at the beginning of the French and Indian War.
true
Who married Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
What did the economies of the south depend on?
agriculture
a legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good.
Mayflower Compact
This was vital to New England's economy ...
trade
In 1647, the General Court of Massachusetts issued an order that a _________ be founded in every township of 50 families.
school
True or False. The first English colonists in Virginia had a lot of success.
False
This bill meant it was a crime to restrict religious rights of Christians
Toleration Act Of 1649
Between 1629 and 1640 many thousands of English men, women and children left England. What was that time called?
Great Migration
True or False. Fishing became a huge industry in the south.
False. It became huge in New England.
These crops included wheat, barley and oats. The kind of crops always needed...
staple crops
Under this system, colonists who paid their own way to Virginia received 50 acres of land.
headright system
True or False. The majority of workers at Jamestown were slaves.
False. The majority were indentured servants.
This began in May 1763, when his forces attacked British forts on the frontier.
Pontiac's Rebellion
Who presented the Toleration Act of 1649?
Lord Baltimore
also known as the Society of Friends, they made up one of the largest groups in New Jersey
Quakers