Name That Colony
Drought and leaving to join local Native Americans are among the most likely and prominent theories on what happened to this colony that mysteriously disappeared.
What is Roanoke?
This man took New Amsterdam for the English by sailing 4 ships into the harbor and demanding that it be given up.
Who is the Duke of York?
This colony grew so fast due to the rapid immigration of puritans known the Great Migration.
What is the Massachusetts Bay?
Of the 3 G's that motivated exploration and colonization, this G was the biggest motivation for the Spanish in the Southwest.
What is God?
The age that Pocahontas was when she saved John Smith.
What is 11 - 12?
This was the name of the first successful English colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
She was kicked out of Massachusetts Bay for delivering her own sermons on the concept of predestination. When she left, she helped to set up the colony of Rhode Island.
Who is Anne Hutchinson?
Roger Williams greatest accomplishment was establishing this colony that provided religious sanctuary for all people, including Jews.
What is Rhode Island?
The English colonies were primarily set up in this area of America.
What is the East coast?
This European country set up colonies in the central U.S. between the areas occupied by England and Spain.
What is France?
This colony was established as a haven for religious freedom by Separatists that became known as the pilgrims.
What is Plymouth?
This was the name of the Pilgrim leader who was elected as their governor many times and preserved their legacy by keeping a record of their doings.
Who is William Bradford?
This was the name of the document created by the Pilgrims that helped to set up a basic form of government and established the concepts of consent of the governed and election of officials.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The name given to the mass movement of Puritans across the Atlantic to settle in the New World.
What is the Great Migration?
He was a religious leader that was in his 70's when he led the Pueblo Revolt against the Spanish.
Who is Popé?
This colony was established by John Winthrop and the Puritans.
What is Massachusetts Bay?
Among his most notable historical accomplishments are marrying Pocahontas and introducing tobacco to the colonists of Jamestown.
Who is John Rolfe?
This was the name of the record written by William Bradford that preserved the legacy of the Pilgrims.
What is Of Plymouth Plantation?
One reason that the Pilgrims struggled to develop their colony early on was their late start, embarking on their journey in this month.
What is September?
John Winthrop gave one of the first examples of the idea of American Exceptionalism by using this metaphor in a famous sermon that he gave.
What is a city upon a hill?
This Spanish colony was the site of the Pueblo Revolt, an uprising of Native Americans in 1680 that killed or drove out 2,400 Spaniards.
What is Santa Fe?
This man made a now notorious purchase and led the Dutch establishment of New Amsterdam.
Who is Peter Minuit?
This document is considered by many to be the first written constitution in the New World.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
This was the activity that many Jamestown colonists were engaged in that distracted them from farming and strengthening their colony.
What is digging for gold?
The Pilgrims had violent relations with many of the Native Americans that surrounded them, but made a peaceful alliance with this particular group, of which Tisquantum and Cheif Massasoit were members.
Who are the Wampanoag?