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Jamestown
Plymouth
Other Colonies
People
Pirates
100
Sickness, starvation, and poor leadership.
What were the problems at Jamestown?
100
Term for "a group of people on a religious journey."
What is pilgrim?
100
The very first English colony in North America, it vanished.
What is Roanoke?
100
She was the ruler of England during its "Golden Age"?
Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
100
Term used to describe a legal pirate.
What is privateer?
200
This crop saved Jamestown by being very profitable in England and encouraging people to move to the colony.
What is tobacco?
200
Governor of Plymouth for about 30 years.
Who is William Bradford?
200
These colonies had the biggest cities and grew the most food.
What are the Middle Colonies?
200
He said, "He who does not work will not eat."
Who is John Smith?
200
Country that was most frequently targeted by pirates and privateers because of its wealth.
Who is Spain?
300
The harsh winter of 1609 is often called this.
What is "The Starving Time?"
300
This document allowed colonists to govern themselves for the first time and was an early form of democracy.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
These colonies had the warmest climate and huge farms called plantations.
What are the Southern Colonies?
300
He was the leader at Plymouth for about 30 years.
Who is William Bradford?
300
Rules pirates had to agree to follow before setting sail.
What are pirate codes?
400
Group that paid for this group of colonists to make the trip across the ocean and settle in North America.
What is the Virginia Company of London?
400
After leaving England, the Pilgrims also left this country because they did not want their kids to lose their English heritage.
What is the Netherlands?
400
These colonies got most of their food from the ocean. They also had really cold winters that killed deadly germs.
What is New England?
400
English privateer who established the colony of Roanoke, in present day North Carolina.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
400
One of England's most successful privateers he was considered an outlaw by other countries.
Who is Henry Morgan?
500
Native American tribe and Chief who had the same name. They had a roller coaster relationship with the colonists and John Smith made it worse.
What is Powhatan?
500
This Native American showed the Pilgrims how to farm and fish.
Who is Squanto?
500
Term for "People who wanted to reform the Church of England" and also founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
What is Puritan?
500
He was the King of Spain who the English queen thought about marrying.
Who is Phillip II?
500
What pirates called a silver Spanish dollar.
What is a "real de ocho" or a "piece of eight."