Roanoke and Jamestown
What crop helped the Jamestown colony prosper?
Tobacco
People that signed a contract to work for four to seven years for those who paid their journey.
Indentured Servants
What document did the pilgrims sign aboard the Mayflower?
The Mayflower Compact
This was a religious group that settled in the Middle Colonies and believed that all people were equal. They refused to fight wars.
Quakers
This colony was founded for debtors.
Georgia
During the second attempt, who was the leader of Roanoke?
John White
A list of a government’s fundamental law
What was the first colony to offer religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Identify one difference that makes the Middle region distinct from the other regions
More religious diversity and/or more ethnic diversity
What is the name of the colony founded as a safe place for Catholics to worship freely?
Maryland
Name the tribe that helped the Jamestown colonist.
Powhatan
To disagree
to dissent
What were the names of the Natives that helped the pilgrims survive.
Squanto and Samoset
Before the English, what country originally had control of New York?
The Netherlands/The Dutch
Name the founder of Maryland
Lord Baltimore II
The Jamestown colonist called the winter of 1609-1610
The starving time
Someone who refuses to fight in war
Pacifist
This group of people wanted to "purify" the Anglican Church.
Puritans
A Quaker who helped found the colony of Pennsylvania.
William Penn
A rebellion that took place in Virginia.
Bacon's Rebellion
The company that recruited new colonists for Jamestown
The Virginia Company
Originally part of Pennsylvania
Delaware
What was the first constitution in America called?
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What does Philadelphia mean?
The city of brotherly love
What was the first law passed to protect religious freedom called?
The Act of Toleration of 1649