Roanoke and Jamestown
The first unsuccessful English colony in the New World.
Roanoke.
Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay were founded by English searching for this in their new colonies.
religious freedom
"He who does not work, will not eat."
John Smith
The region of colonies whose economy was based on fishing and the shipbuilding industries.
New England
The term for the respect for other people and their beliefs.
Tolerance
This was the first SUCCESSFUL English colony in the Americas.
Jamestown
These people named their colony Plymouth, and were known as Separatists in England.
Pilgrims
The young girl who helped ease tensions between the Powhatan and Jamestown colonists?
Rebecca Rolfe or "Pocahontas."
This region of colonies had much land to grow various grains, as well as had many cities where these goods could be shipped.
Middle Colonies
The term given to those who are always against using war or violence to help solve problems.
Pacifists
Jamestown was created by this company, who received a charter from King James I to begin a colony in the Americas.
Virginia Company of London
Before setting foot on land, the Pilgrims and workers in the Virginia Company of London created this document.
Mayflower Compact
The man who brought the tobacco seed to Jamestown, leading to the wealth and prosperity of Jamestown.
John Rolfe
This regions economy was solely based on agriculture, especially growing crops such as tobacco, indigo, and rice. In addition, most African slaves lived in this region of colonies.
Southern Colonies
Dissent
This colony was created to find gold and other treasure for the Virginia Company of London and its investors living in England.
Jamestown
These Native American men were responsible for the Pilgrims success in the first year of the Plymouth Colony.
Squanto and Samoset
This man led the colonists at Roanoke.
John White
The most ethnically diverse region of colonies.
Middle Colonies
to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their beliefs.
Persecute
Jamestown colonists had an "on again, off again" relationship with this Native American Nation.
Powhatan
This English group of people set up the Massachusetts Bay colony in the New World in order help them live a more "Pure" life for God.
Puritans
King of England during the founding of the English colonies of Jamestown, Plymouth, and Massachusetts Bay.
King James I
Region of colonies that had poor soil for farming purposes.
New England
Those who agree to work without pay for a certain length of time in exchange for a paid voyage to the Americas.
Indentured Servants