Leaders and Founders
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Vocabulary
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Leader of Jamestown

John Smith

100
cash crop of Jamestown

tobacco

100

Nation that controlled New Jersey and New York before the English

Netherlands (Dutch)
100

group that wanted to purify or reform the Church of England and established Massachusetts-Bay colony

Puritans

100

term that means acceptance

tolerance

200

Founder of Maryland

Lord Baltimore

200

Maryland was established for this religious group

Catholics

200

Pennsylvania was established for this religious group

Quakers

200

Name of the Indian who served as a guide and translator for the Pilgrims

Squanto

200

type of colony ruled directly by a king or queen

royal colony

300

Leader of Massachusetts-Bay Puritans and minister who delivered the "City on a Hill" Sermon

John Winthrop

300

Name of the Indian chief and also the tribe of Indians who helped the settlers of Jamestown

Powhatan

300

previous name of New York before it was taken over by the English

New Amsterdam

300

group that wanted to separate from the Church of England and established the Plymouth colony

Pilgrims

300

type of colony in which one has written permission from the king to establish a colony

charter colony

400

Leader of the Plymouth Pilgrims

William Bradford

400

Name for the group of people who owed money who settled in Georgia

debtors

400

city in the Middle Colonies whose name means "city of brotherly love"

Philadelphia

400

New England colony that was not founded for political or religious reasons

New Hampshire

400

first written constitution in the English Colonies

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

500

Both founders of the Rhode Island colony

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

500

term that describes the mountainous region of the Carolinas settled by Irish, Scottish and German frontiersmen

backcountry

500

Nation that controlled Delaware before the English

Sweden (Swedish)

500

Native American chief who signed peace with the Pilgrims

Massasoit

500

rules for the colony signed by Pilgrim men before disembarking the ship and settling Plymouth  

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