This joint stock company made up of a pool of investors received a charter from King James of whom they named the colony for.
What is the Virginia Company
100
In England these religious dissenters were so extreme that even after the Protestant Reformation they still wanted to separate and start their own church
Who are the Pilgrims?
100
This land was purchased from Natives by Roger Williams after he was banished Massachusetts
What is Rhode Island
100
This Native American spoke English when he first encountered the Pilgrims and helped them survive by teaching them how to farm
Who is Squanto
100
These colonists came after signing contracts to work for a plantation owner for 5-11 years once arriving.
What is an indentured servant
200
This mythical leader was not well liked among his peers but lead helped the colonists establish themselves at Jamestown
Who is John Smith
200
Persecuted in Europe, these religious dissidents believed in simply and strict worship of the Bible and non of the traditions or customs left over from the Roman Catholic church.
Who are the Puritans.
200
This land was given to a man named George Calvert, known as Lord Baltimore he hoped to create this colony as a refuge for English Catholics
What is Maryland
200
After this Native American tribe was destroyed, all other tribes in New England began to fear the colonists
What is the Pequots
200
This was the name of the route that slave traders transported slaves to the Americas under brutal horrific conditions
What is the middle passage
300
This native American chief formed an alliance with the natives in hopes of securing his tribes powerful position in the area among other rival tribes.
Who is Powhatan
300
The leader of the Puritans articulated his vision for the Puritans as Christian leaders in his famous speech entitled this.
What is a "City on a hill"
300
This tract of land was given to a proprietor from the King to pay off a debt owed to his father. He was a Quaker and fostered a colony of tolerance and peace.
What is Pennslyvania
300
This native American chief worked out an alliance with the earliest Pilgrims that would protect them against neighboring tribes that posed a threat
Who is Massasoit
300
The term often used to describe slavery that refers to someone being possessed by someone else as their property
What is bondage
400
The name for the storied winter when colonists ran out of food, disease swept through and some even resorted to cannibalism.
What is The Starving Time
400
The Puritan beliefs reached extremes when accusations of witch craft resulted in the hanging of 19 women in this New England town
What is salem
400
This colony was given to George Oglethorpe where he hoped to bring English debtors in prison
What is Georgia.
400
This is the name used for Native Americans that proved that the Puritans felt a certain level of religious superiority over the natives
What is heathen/savage
400
It was this rebellion of indentured servants joining African slaves that led to their separation and eventually this feeling of superiority of one group of people over another
What is racism
500
This colony was established before Jamestown but mysteriously disappeared.
What is Roanoke
500
This Puritan woman began to lead her own Bible group and preached her own interpretation of the Bible, break the rules she was banished from Massachusetts.
Who is Anne Hutchinson
500
This colony was originally founded by the Dutch, then changed hands without a fight when an English duke was granted the land.
What is New York
500
This colonial leader made a pact with the Native Americans in the area he settled, hoping to keep peace and coexist in a brotherly way
Who is William Penn
500
These were the laws that gradually made the institution of slavery more and more strict as the colonies grew