Virginia
This city was the first successful colony in what became Virginia...
What is Jamestown?
This small European nation lost their colony to England, now it's called New York...
Who are the Dutch? (Holland/Netherlands)
This religious group settled Plymouth, near Cape Cod, in the 1620s...
Who were the Pilgrims (Puritans)?
This natural substance was grown in the Southern colonies and consumed for recreation or for diplomatic rituals... Mind your lungs!
What is Tobacco?
This legislation, passed in Maryland, made the colony a religious safe haven...
What is the Maryland Act of Toleration?
This indigenous nation had conflicts with English settlers in Virginia...
Who are the Powhattan?
This Dutch city is New York City today...
What is New Amsterdam?
This was signed by the settlers of Massachusetts Bay, establishing a democratic, self-governing "body - politic."
What is the Mayflower Compact?
These were built primarily in the Northern colonies and help keep North America connected to the global economy...
What are ships?
She may have rescued John Smith from certain death... Although modern accounts may disagree...
Who was Pocahontas?
Indentured servitude was eventually fully replaced in Virginia by this binding condition...
What is slavery?
What is Middle Colony?
This town, roughly 30 Miles North of Boston, was site of an infamous series of Witch Trials...
What is Salem?
Most people in the Middle colonies worked on...
What are farms?
John Winthrop encouraged settlers in Massachusetts to behave well to everyone, including to Native Americans nearby, and to live as a "City Upon a Hill" as if WHO were watching over them?
Who is God?
This democratic body relied on representatives from the colony to help write and enforce laws...
What is the House of Burgesses?
This Dutch city is now Albany...
What is Fort Orange?
Unlike Southern settlers, who were primarily laborers, Northern settlers often brought their whole...
What are families?
This region was largest by pure land mass in comparison to the other regions in the North American colonies...
What are the Southern colonies?
This policy, followed by Great Britain in the 1700s, INADVERTENTLY led to the Colonies in North America developing their own sense of identity and traditions of self-governance...
What is Salutory Neglect?
Crucial to the economy of the South...
What is a cash crop?
This animal drove the Dutch colony's economy for much of the 1600s...
What is the beaver?
Believed to be an economic cause for so many accusations during the Salem Witch Trials...
What are taxes?
This region had the most cities compared to the other regions in the North American Colonies...
What are the Northern colonies?
This religious group could be found in Maryland, Pennsylvania, and parts of New England... Known for being pacifists (non-violent)... They may or may not have made very good oats too...
Who are the Quakers?