Colonies & Settlements
The oldest English settlement
Jamestown
First Indian to welcome the Pilgrims
Samoset
great fleet of ships defeated by the British in 1588
Spanish Armada
term that refers to dates that occurred before the life of Christ
Before Christ (B.C.)
passed in Massachusetts colony and established the first public schools in America
Ole' Deluder Satan Act
A safe haven for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
First black woman writer in America to have a book published
Phillis Wheatley
people group that settled in Delaware and built the first log cabins
Swedes
Latin term that means "in the year of our Lord"
anno Domini (A.D.)
one of the first missionaries spurred by the Great Awakening
David Brainerd
Colony settled by the Dutch but captured and renamed by the English
New Netherlands or New York
Englishman who helped Jamestown grow prosperous tobacco plantations; married Pocahontas
John Rolfe
two ships that brought Catholic settlers to Maryland
Ark and Dove
spiritual revival that lasted from 1730-1760
Great Awakening
second governor of Plymouth and the author of Of Plymouth Plantation
WIlliam Bradford
Colony established by James Oglethorpe for poor people
Georgia
Captain hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth
the proper name for the Society of Friends
Quakers
Founding of Jamestown
1607
First written constitution in America
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Dutch settlement named after the 12-year-old queen
Fort Christina
Swedish governor who refused to surrender New Amsterdam to the British
Peter Stuyvesant
Colonial Virginia's elected body of representatives
House of Burgesses
Founding of Plymouth Colony
1620
the first written agreement of self-government in America
Mayflower Compact