People
Colonies
European Exploration
Cultural Regions
Jamestown
100
Leader of Jamestown. Returned to England after being burned in an accident by gun powder.
Who is John Smith
100
Became part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is Plymouth Colony
100
Was a period of discovery from about 1418 to 1620
What is Age of Exploration
100
Extends from Southern Oregon into Canada
What is Northwest Coast
100
Made Jamestown and the Virginia Colony profitable
What is tobacco
200
Led a rebellion against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon
200
Founded in 1663 when King Charles II gave the land to eight noble men known as The Lords Proprietors.
What is South Carolina
200
The number 1 cause of death
What is disease
200
Low area between the Sierra Nevada and Rocky Mountains
What is Great Basin
200
Period of time when Powhatan Indians killed the colonists livestock and prevented them from hunting
What is The Starving Time
300
Wanted total separation from the Church of England. Fled from England to America to escape religious persecution.
Who are the separatists
300
Colony founded by John Smith in 1607
What is Virginia
300
Wanted to claim the lands' riches for themselves.
What is Nations
300
Two major rivers: the colorado and the Rio Grande
What is Southwest
300
Married John Rolfe
Who is Pocahontas
400
Elected 1621 and governed until just before his death in 1657)
Who is Governor Bradford
400
Colony founded in 1633 by Lord Baltimore.
What is Maryland
400
Area where enslaved Africans were brought from
What is West Africa
400
Two river systems: the Columbia and the Fraser
What is Plateau
400
50-acre grants of land offered by the virginia company beginning in 1618 in order to attract settlers to the new world
What are headrights
500
The first English settler to grow tobacco.
Who is John Rolfe
500
Founded by Peter Minuit in 1682. Settled by Swedish, Dutch, and English.
What is Delaware
500
Controlled mainly by Muslims and Italians
What was Trade
500
Southern part of Ohio Valley to the Gulf of Mexico and Texas
What is Southeast
500
America's first law-making body, formed in July 1619 by representations from the different communities in Virginia
What is House of burgesses
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