Early Settlements
What cash crop allowed Jamestown to be successful?
Tobacco
John Winthrop lead this religious group of Europeans that wanted to reform the Church of England to form a colony in the new world
Puritains
Who led the group of colonists to settle in Pennsylvania
William Penn
Territory in Southern Colonies along the coast with good soil for growing crops
Tidewater
What was a popular destination for escaped African slaves in the colonies?
Spanish Florida
Who took charge of Jamestown by stating, “He who works not, eats not.”?
John Smith
Disagreed with Puritans and helped found Rhode Island
Roger Williams
What religious group that believed in "inner light" and spiritual equality settled in the middle colonies?
Quakers
Which state originally banned slavery until the mid 1700’s?
Georgia
What word was found carved into a tree in abandoned Roanoke?
Croatoan
Disagreed with Puritans and helped found New Hampshire
John Wheelwright
What cash crop earned the middle colonies the nickname "the breadbasket of America"?
Why did slavery flourish in the South?
The South had large plantations that grew crops that required a lot of work
What are lands along a frontier which were used as a protection buffer from other European powers
Borderlands
Which Native American started off by helping the colonists in Jamestown, but later stopped because of English raids on Native villages?
Powhatan
Disagreed with Puritans and helped found Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
What did William Penn call Pennsylvania because he wanted people from all different religious backgrounds to live together peacefully?
The Holy Experiment
What law was passed by Lord Baltimore that welcomed all Christians, Catholics and Protests to his colony?
Act of Toleration
Name one American city that was originally a Spanish Mission
San Antonio, San Francisco, San Diego, Los Angeles
Name one of the hardships that colonists at Jamestown faced during the “Starving Time?”
Harsh winter, John Smith getting injured and leaving, lack of support from Native Americans
What Native American led a rebellion agains the Puritans because he feared their over population would lead to further spread of disease
Metacom/King Phillip
From whom did the English acquire New York and who was it named after?
Dutch - James, Duke of York
Name 2 things the Mason-Dixon Line divided?
Pennsylvania/Maryland
North/South
Free/Slave
What two things where African Slaves promised if they made it to Spanish Florida?
Land, Freedom