England's Early Struggles
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A Puritan's Paradise
More Colonies
More Colonies pt. deux
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The name of England's attempted colony on the coast of North Carolina.

Roanoke


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The year of Jamestown's founding.

1607

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The year that Plymouth colony was established.

1620

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Who founded the Quaker colony of Pennsylvania?

William Penn

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After the English takeover in 1664, the Dutch colony New Netherland became:

New York

200

The founder of Roanoke colony.

Sir Walter Raleigh 

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The company that funded the Jamestown expedition.

Virginia Company of London

200

The leader of the Puritan congregation that came to America.

William Bradford

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Who established Rhode Island colony?

Roger Williams

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The majority religion of the colonists of Virginia, North & South Carolina and Georgia.

Anglican

300

Raleigh was delayed in re-supplying Roanoke due to England's war with:

Spain

300

The name of the man who led Jamestown through its most difficult period.

John Smith

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The leader of the friendly Wampanoag tribe.

Chief Massassoit

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Who established the colony of Maryland?

Lord Baltimore

300

Maryland was founded as a safe haven for England's persecuted:

Catholics

400

The only clue left behind by the lost colony of Roanoke.

Croatoan

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The settler who brought tobacco to Jamestown.

John Rolfe

400

The harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims and the friendly Indian tribes in October 1621 is known today as:

Thanksgiving

400

The most bloody colonial war of the 17th century.

King Philip's War

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Who founded the colony of Georgia?

James Oglethorpe

500

The Italian navigator that navigated North America in the service of England in 1498.

John Cabot

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The period of time between 1609-1610 where food and other supplies were dangerously low.

The Starving Time

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An Indian that had been to Europe and assisted the Puritans in the early years of Plymouth colony.

Squanto

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The great enemy of the Puritans of New England, he was known by his English name of Philip.

Metacom

500

From 1692 to 1693, the town of Salem, Massachusetts executed twenty colonists accused of:

witchcraft