Spain
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The Americas
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The Americas
The Spanish went to New Spain in search of these three things.
What are gold (or wealth), land, resources, glory for their country, converts to Christianity
(The three G's Gold, Glory, God)
In 1585 this English explorer was was the first to send settlers to Roanoke.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh.
The group of 102 Seperatists and other English colonists who sailed to New England on the Mayflower in 1602 were known by this name.
Who are the Pilgrims.
Puritans in the Massachusetts Bay Colony organized their cities around these institutions which all of the colonist were required to attend.
What are churches.
This American holiday is based on the three day harvest celebration held by the Pilgrims and Wampanoag in 1621.
What is Thanksgiving.
The top tier of the class system in New Spain consisted of these people______ who were given this name_____.
What are Spaniards from Spain and who are Peninsulars.
In 1606 this company received a Royal Charter from King James I to establish a colony in the Americas. They chose John Smith to be one leader of teh colony.
What is The Virginia Company.
This document, signed onboard a ship, was one of the first instances of self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact.
The Pilgrims from this religious group arrived in New England aboard the Mayflower seeking separation from the Church of England.
Who are the Separatists.
What did the settlers in Jamestown call the time period that last from 1609-1610?
What is The Starving Time.
This was the first permanent European settlement in North America.
What is St. Augustine
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
What is Jamestown
This American Indian group joined the Pilgrims in a three day long feast in 1621.
Who are the Wampanoag.
This group of colonists built schools and libraries so that all of their settlers could learn to read the Bible. They founded Harvard College.
Who are the Puritans.
Colonists in the lost colony of Roanoke left this word carved into a tree before they disappeared.
What is CROATOAN.
This Spanish explorer is known for pushing out the French and claiming Florida for Spain.
Who is Pedro Melendez de Aviles.
This crop "saved" Jamestown. It had been grown by American Indians for hundreds of years but this "cash crop" was brought to Jamestown by John Rolfe.
What is tobacco.
What was the name of the first representative government that assembled in English North America?
What is The House of Burgesses.
DAILY DOUBLE!
The Anglican Faith was the only Legal religion in England in the early 1600's.
These two religious groups came to North America seeking freedom to practice their religion.
Who are the Separatists and the Puritans.
(Pilgrims and Puritans is also acceptable)
Captain John Smith from the Jamestown Colony famously said, "Those who don't ________ don't _______".
What is "those who don't work, don't eat"!
According to the encomienda system, Spaniards in New Spain must do these two things.
What are treat American Indians better/protect them and teach them about Christianity.
These American Indians lived near Jamestown and had a difficult relationship with the colonists.
Who are the Powhatan.
The failed Roanoke colony was located on the barrier islands or the "outer-banks" of the present-day state of ____________.
What is North Carolina.
The ____________ colonists in Plymouth worked with American Indian people and did not try to convert them tho their religion.
Who are the Pilgrims.
Who are the Puritans.