Early Settlements
The first successful English settlement. John Smith is credited with saving the colony through harsh methods of discipline and punishment.
What is Jamestown?
This group of religious settlers that wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church. Wanted to start “Holy City on the Hill” in the New World. Known for Theocratic government.
Who are the Puritans?
Which country ruled the 13 colonies?
What is Great Britian?
She was the daughter of Chief Powhattan, is rumored to have saved the life of Captain John Smith in Jamestown, and later married Captain John Rolfe.
Who is Pocahontas
In this year Jamestown was establish.
What is 1607?
Give three reasons that people came to America.
People who agreed to work under contract for 4 to 7 years in return for trip payment to the New World. When contract ended, workers gained freedom to move.
Who are Indentured Servants?
Name all of the New England colonies.
What is Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut?
This man is best known as New Netherland longest, most influential, and last Dutch governor
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
In this year Plymouth was founded
John Smith's plan and "rule" for success in Virginia.
What was "He who works not, eats not."?
Pilgrims signed this document while they sailed to the New World. It was an early form of representative government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colonial region had the most diverse economy. Included Bread Basket farms, busy trade harbors, fur trade, merchants, fisherman, lumber, and small farms.
What are the Middle Colonies?
He explored the Atlantic coast of the United States of America in 1609. His sponsor was the Netherlands.
Who was Henry Hudson?
In this year Christopher Columbus landed on San Salvador Island, which is now part of the Bahamas. This event marked the beginning of a lasting relationship between Europeans and the indigenous peoples of the Americas
What is 1492?
The time in Jamestown when people did not work, there was little or no food, and many died.
What is the Starving Time?
This is an economic system were colonies exist for the benefit of the mother country to help make it wealthy and powerful
What is mercantilism
The group of colonies that grew tobacco, rice and cotton.
What were the Southern Colonies?
This man was the governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years
Who is William Bradford?
In this year New Amsterdam was taken over by the British
What is 1664?
The first attempt of an English settlement in the New World. Sometimes known as the “Lost Colony.”
What is the Roanoke Colony
The name of the difficult, harsh, and sometimes deadly journey slaves made on ships from Africa to the New World.
What is the Middle Passage?
The trade route between American colonies, Africa, and Europe that included crops, manufactured goods, and slaves; all for massive profits.
What is Triangular Trade?
He was a prominent Quaker who started a colony in America under the values of toleration.
Who is William Penn
In this DECADE the transatlantic slave trade in the United States officially ended
1808 (1800-1810)