Early English Settlements
This word means a small community started by people in a new place.
Settlement
This deadly disease, spread by mosquitoes, caused many settlers to die in Jamestown.
Malaria
The Pilgrims came to America to have this freedom.
Religious Freedom
This Native American group helped the Jamestown settlers by trading food.
Powhatan (Algonquians)
A government ruled by a king or queen is called this.
Monarchy
This English settlement mysteriously disappeared and is known as the “Lost Colony.”
Roanoke
The winter of 1609–1610, when many settlers starved, was called this.
The Starving Time
This ship carried the Pilgrims across the Atlantic Ocean.
The Mayflower
The Pilgrims made a peace treaty with this Native American group.
Wampanoags
In this type of government, people choose others to make laws for them.
Representative Government
Jamestown and Plymouth were both English settlements in this continent.
North America
This leader said that anyone who would not work would not eat.
John Smith
This agreement set rules for self-government in Plymouth.
The Mayflower Compact
Native Americans often taught settlers how to _______ by sharing farming and hunting knowledge.
Survive
Jamestown’s elected lawmaking group was called this.
House of Burgesses
Jamestown, Plymouth, and Roanoke were all started by people from this country.
England
This crop became Jamestown’s “gold” and helped the colony survive.
Tobacco
This Native American helped the Pilgrims by teaching them how to grow corn.
Squanto (Tisquantum)
As settlers took more land, relationships between Native Americans and colonists often turned into this.
Conflict or War
True or False: Only people who owned land were allowed to serve in Jamestown’s government.
True
Which colony became the first successful English settlement in North America despite many hardships?
Jamestown
In 1619, Jamestown created this type of government where people elected representatives.
Representative Government
This Wampanoag leader made a peace treaty with the Pilgrims.
Massasoit
True or False: Many Native Americans lost their land and lives as English settlements continued to grow.
True
The ______ _______ was important because it showed early ideas of self-government.
Mayflower Compact