People
This man brought tobacco to Virginia
John Rolfe
The first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
This system granted someone land if they paid for someone else's trip
Headright System
Religious group that settled in New England
Puritans
Year of first slaves in colonies
1619
This man was the leader of Jamestown
John Smith
These colonies were originally founded by people escaping religious persecution (religious freedom but only for themselves)
New England Colonies
Involuntary servitude
slavery
Main cash crop in Virginia
Tobacco
Roger Williams fled to Rhode Island in this year
1636
Founded Maryland
Lord Baltimore
These colonies were nicknamed "the breadbasket"
The Middle Colonies
People who worked in exchange for a trip to the new world
Indentured Servants
First representative government in new world
House of Burgesses
Jamestown was founded in this year
1607
Founded Georgia in 1732
James Oglethorpe
In 1729 the king took this colony back and split it into north and south
The Carolinas
Agreement for majority rule, early government in New England
Mayflower Compact
Owned by multiple people/investors
Joint stock company
Puritans fled England because of persecution and settled in Massachusetts
1630
Leader of the Puritans
John Winthrop
This colony provided a barrier between English and Spanish colonies
Georgia
Leader of Native Americans in Virginia
Powhattan
Control over a foreign piece of land
Colonization
The year of King Philip's war
1675