People & Places
This crop helped save Jamestown and made the settlement successful.
What is tobacco?
This was the first elected legislative assembly in North America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This ship carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic.
What is the Mayflower?
This colony was founded as a place where Catholics could practice their religion freely.
What is Maryland?
A person who paid for passage to America by working without pay for a period of time was called this.
What is an indentured servant?
This English colonist married Pocahontas.
Who is John Rolfe?
This document gave people the right to organize a settlement in a certain area.
What is a charter?
These Separatists traveled to America aboard the Mayflower.
Who are the Pilgrims?
This colony was established as a place where debtors could make a fresh start.
What is Georgia?
A large landowner in New Netherland was called this.
What is a patroon?
The Dutch originally called the area that became New York this name.
What is New Netherland?
When King James canceled Virginia Company's charter, Virginia became this type of colony.
What is a royal colony?
This document established rules for the Plymouth colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This colony was created from the southern counties of Pennsylvania.
What is Delaware?
A person who refuses to use force or fight in wars is called this.
What is a pacifist?
This city was originally called New Amsterdam.
What is New York City?
This was the first written constitution in America.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
The Pilgrims agreed to make and obey these for the good of the colony.
What are laws?
Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called these.
Who are Puritans?
This word describes a person's cultural or racial background.
What is ethnic?
This person was the leader of the Roanoke settlement.
Who is John White?
These early written government rules helped establish the idea that government should be based on consent and representation.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This Native American helped the Pilgrims survive in their new environment and was described in the review as a “special Instrument from God.”
Who is Squanto?
This term describes allowing people to practice different religions without persecution.
What is religious tolerance?
This term means growing crops and raising animals for food.
What is agriculture?