Early English Attempts
This was the very first English attempt at a colony that mysteriously disappeared.
What is Roanoke?
This crop, introduced by John Rolfe, saved Jamestown’s economy.
What is tobacco?
These Protestants wanted to “purify” the Church of England, not separate from it.
Who were the Puritans?
This European country originally owned New York and called it New Netherland.
What is the Netherlands (the Dutch)?
This law in Maryland allowed Christians to worship freely.
What is the Act of Toleration?
This was the main economic activity of New France.
What is the fur trade?
He was the governor who returned to Roanoke and found it deserted.
Who is John White?
Pocahontas was the daughter of this Native American leader.
Who is Chief Powhatan?
These people wanted to break away completely from the Church of England.
Who were the Separatists (Pilgrims)?
He was the strict governor of New Netherland who surrendered to England without fighting.
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
This young planter led a rebellion against the Virginia government in 1676.
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
He explored the Mississippi River all the way to the Gulf of Mexico and claimed Louisiana for France.
Who is La Salle?
This single word carved onto a post was the only clue left at Roanoke.
What is “CROATOAN”?
This elected assembly in Virginia was the first representative government in the English colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This agreement created self-rule for the Pilgrims before they left the Mayflower.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This group, led by William Penn, believed in peace, equality, and fair treatment of Native Americans.
Who were the Quakers?
This survey line later became a symbolic border between the North and South.
What is the Mason-Dixon Line?
This French settlement founded in 1608 became the center of French Canada.
What is Quebec?
This company paid for the Jamestown settlement hoping to make a profit.
What is the Virginia Company?
The terrible winter of 1609–1610 where most colonists died was known as this.
What is “the Starving Time”?
These two Native Americans helped the Pilgrims survive by teaching them how to grow crops.
Who were Squanto and Samoset?
This colony was Penn’s “holy experiment” known for its religious freedom and equality.
What is Pennsylvania?
The Carolinas split into North and South partly because this southern city grew wealthy from trade.
What is Charleston (Charles Town)?
This Spanish missionary founded missions along the California coast, including San Diego.
Who is Father Junípero Serra?
He forced Jamestown settlers to work and made peace with the Powhatan, helping the colony survive.
Who is Captain John Smith?
In 1619, this group arrived in Virginia for the first time, marking a major change in labor and society.
Who were Africans?
This Puritan leader helped found the Massachusetts Bay Colony and called it a “city on a hill.”
Who is John Winthrop?
These wealthy Dutch landowners controlled large estates along the Hudson River.
Who were the patroons?
This man founded Georgia as a place for debtors and to protect against Spanish Florida.
Who is James Oglethorpe?
These Spanish settlements were built to convert Native Americans to Christianity.
What are missions?