Colonial America
New Beginnings
Coming to the Americas
Religion
Miscleaneous
100
John Smith?
This person is known for saying "If a man doesn't work, he doesn't eat."
100
John Calvin
He is famous for his teachings on "predestination."
100
Pizarro
This person is known to have conquered the Incas in Peru.
100
Protestant Reformation
This is the period where the Catholic church was divided in Europe.
100
Staple Crops
This refers to the predominant crop that is grown in a particular region.
200
Chesapeake Bay Colony
This is the colonial region along the Eastern Shore of Virginia and Jamestown
200
Henry VIII
This King placed himself as the head of the Anglican Church.
200
Conquistadors
This is the Spanish word for conqueror.
200
Salem Witch Trials
In 1691, several Puritans sought to "remove" Satan from their neighboring towns by this.
200
Rice
This particular crop was grown in the low country of South Carolina.
300
Pilgrims
This group of "dissenters" left England and landed on Plymouth Rock, Massachusetts.
300
Martin Luther
He nailed his 95 theses to the door of the Castle of Witenburg.
300
Christopher Columbus
None of his three attempts to reach the New World ever landed in what would be called the United States.
300
Humanists
These persons believed that humans were the masters of their world and not God.
300
New Amsterdam
This was the original name of the colony of New York
400
Squanto?
This American Indian helped the colonists in New England survive by teaching them to how to grow corn.
400
King Charles
The Carolina's received their name from this king.
400
Hernando Cortes
This conqueror conquered the Aztecs.
400
Indulgences
Payments for exemption for sin were called by this name.
400
Indentured Servitude
This term referred to contracted labor, usually a period of 4-7 years a person was obligated to work to pay for his passage to the New World.
500
Pocahontas
This American Indian princess married John Rolfe, not John Smith.
500
Sir Walter Raleigh
He is credited for the establishment of the Roanoke colony.
500
St. Augustine, Florida
This is the oldest Spanish settlement in the United States.
500
Purgatory
This place was the "middle ground" between heaven and hell according to the Catholic Church.
500
Headright System
The system that appropriated 50 acres of land per person brought into the colonies as an incentive of investment in the New World exploits.
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