Miscellaneous 1
This was the name of the first English Colony in America.
What was the Colony of Roanoke?
The name of the leader who founded the Colony of Pennsylvania. He considered it a "Holy Experiment."
Who was William Penn?
This group of strict religious fanatics left England to start their own colony in Massachusetts.
Who were The Puritans?
The colonists of New England moved to America for this primary reason.
What was freedom of religion?
What were: Connecticut, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Vermont?
This was the name of the first successful English Colony in America.
What was Jamestown, Virginia?
The religious group that the founder of Pennsylvania was a leader of. They were peaceful and believed in religious freedom. They were some of the first people in England to speak out against slavery.
Who were The Quakers?
This is a document that grants specific rights to a person or company.
What is a charter?
The colonists of The Middle Colonies moved to America primarily for these two reasons.
What were freedom of religion and economic opportunity?
The names of the four Middle Colonies.
What were: Delaware, Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey?
He became the leader of Jamestown, Virginia. After he took firm control, the colony began to become successful.
Who was Captain John Smith?
This plant is what was planted and farmed more than any other in early Virginia.
What was tobacco?
This is a system where voters elect people to make laws for them.
What is a representative government?
The colonists of the Southern Colonies moved to American primarily for this reason.
What was economic opportunity (to make money)?
The names of the five Southern Colonies.
She was a Native American Princess who saved Captain John Smith's life.
Who was Pocahontas?
This was a colony controlled directly by the King of England.
What was a Royal Colony?
This was a colony granted by a monarch to an individual or family.
What was a proprietary colony?
This was the original name of the Colony of New York and the people who were colonists' name.
What is New Netherland ruled by The Dutch people?
The name of the smallest English colony.
What was Rhode Island?
It was the farthest north of The Middle Colonies.
This document was a set of laws created by 41 Pilgrim men after their ship landed in Plymouth, Massachusetts. It is very important because it is the first example of American colonists claiming a right to govern themselves.
What was The Mayflower Compact?
This year the Colony of Delaware separated from The Colony of Pennsylvania?
What was the year 1704?
The Spanish Colony south of the English Colony of Georgia.
What was the Colony of Florida?
The name of the largest English colony.
What was Virginia?
This was a group of German immigrants who migrated to Pennsylvania.
Who were the Pennsylvania Dutch?
He was a Native American who helped the Pilgrims plant crops and learn how to fish to get them food.
Who was Squanto?
This meeting marked the start of representative government in North America.
What was The House of Burgesses?
This is the oldest continually occupied city in The United States that was once part of a Colony of Spain.
What is St. Augustine, Florida?
This was the name of the area on the border with Canada, under the control of Massachusetts, which later became an independent state.
What was Maine?