Places
Where the Pilgrims (separatists) landed in Massachusetts.
Plymouth
Founded the colony of Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
Took possession of Florida during the 1500's.
Spain
Where the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims.
Massachusetts
Church of England
Dutch colony that was renamed New York.
New Netherland
Led the Quakers to Pennsylvania
William Penn
Henry Hudson claimed New Netherland for this country.
Holland
Passed the Toleration Act which gave religious freedom to all Christians.
Maryland
Documents giving permission to start a colony.
Charter
The continent that the explorers were looking for.
Asia
Started a colony for poor people in English jails.
James Oglethorpe
Sent the explorer Verrazano to search for this country.
France
Two colonies formed from one.
North Carolina and South Carolina
A cash crop grown for its blue dye.
Indigo
John Cabot claimed this land for England.
North America
Philadelphia's most famous citizen and founding father of America.
Benjamin Franklin
Established the Thirteen Colonies.
England
King James I gave this land area to John Mason.
New Hampshire
Virginia House of Burgesses and the Mayflower Compact laid the foundation for this.
Self-government
A colonial settlement that failed in its attempt to find gold by the London company in Virginia.
Jamestown
Gave a charter to the London Company to settle Jamestown.
King James I
Another name for Holland.
Netherlands
A Swedish colony that was capture by the Dutch and later the English.
Delaware
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut