Spain & England
This European country was the first to colonize parts of North America.
What is Spain?
This profitable crop became an important source of wealth for Virginia.
What is tobacco?
Roger Williams established this colony after disagreeing with Puritan leaders.
What is Rhode Island?
This representative lawmaking body became more powerful as the English monarchy became more limited.
What is Parliament?
This future president was only 22 years old when he became involved in the conflict that developed into the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
This was the religion Spanish colonists sought to spread among Native Americans.
What is Catholicism?
Sir Walter Raleigh sponsored this failed English settlement, later remembered as the "Lost Colony."
What is Roanoke?
The Mayflower Compact showed that the settlers still pledged allegiance to this person despite leaving England.
Who is the King of England?
This man took power after the execution of Charles I.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
This Founding Father promoted the Albany Plan for greater cooperation among the colonies.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
his English queen ruled when England defeated the Spanish Armada.
Who is Elizabeth I?
These English religious settlers traveled across the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
Spanish colonists attempted to convert Native Americans to this branch of Christianity.
What is Catholicism?
This political event strengthened Parliament and further limited the power of the English monarchy.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
This British prime minister made winning the French and Indian War a major priority.
Who is William Pitt?
Henry VIII established this church after breaking with the authority of the Catholic Church.
What is the Church of England?
Before traveling to America, the Puritans first left England and settled in this European country.
What is the Netherlands?
This group wanted to "purify" the Church of England of practices they believed were too similar to Catholicism.
Who are the Puritans?
Under mercantilism, colonial trade was primarily supposed to benefit this country.
What is the mother country?
Britain gained almost all of this French territory after winning the French and Indian War.
What is Canada?
England's defeat of this massive Spanish invasion fleet in 1588 allowed England to remain independent and continue developing as a European power.
What is the Spanish Armada?
Hunger, disease, limited supplies, and unfamiliar conditions threatened the survival of this early English settlement in Virginia.
What is Jamestown?
The Pilgrims wanted the ability to establish a community based on their own beliefs, but this did not necessarily mean they supported this principle for people of every faith.
What is religious freedom?
Benjamin Franklin's proposal for this encouraged several colonies to cooperate through a common council.
What is the Albany Plan?
Britain emerged from the French and Indian War with more territory and confidence, but also a huge amount of this that British leaders believed the colonists should help pay.
What is war debt?