Middle Colonies
This colony was initially founded by the Dutch with the town of New Amsterdam at its center.
What is New York
This English colony was unsuccessfully settled twice. When the English returned with a third group, they found the previous colonists had disappeared.
What is Roanoke
The last of the 13 colonies to be established, James Oglethorpe envisioned this as a means of settling the issue of debtors in England.
What is Georgia
This contract among the Pilgrims to establish rules for their colony was an early step in democratic governance in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact.
To respect another's views.
What is toleration
This colony was sold to a pair of proprietors by the British king's brother, the Duke of York.
What is New Jersey
This settlement was the first successful English colony in America established with the goal of making it's investors wealthy.
What is Jamestown
In return for paying their own way to the colony, the Virginia Company offered this land incentive to entice settlers.
What is a headright
This document was the first written constitution in America.
A representative
Burgess
This colony was granted to settle a debt that the British crown owed and served as the settlers' "holy experiment".
What is Pennsylvania
Lacking the fertile farmland of the southern colonies, New England colonies turned to this to fuel their economy.
What is fur trade/shipbuilding/lumber/whaling
This cash crop was so widely grown and valued in Virginia that it's leaves were often used a currency in the colony.
What is tobacco
This legislative body of representatives, established in Virginia, was the first of its kind in the American colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses
"Can't we just all get along"
What is a pacifist
This colony was originally founded by the Swedes and granted it's independence by William Penn.
What is Delaware
Before settling in America, the Puritans fled to this country to escape religious persecution in England.
What are the Netherlands.
Originally intended as a Catholic safe-haven, this colony established the Acts of Toleration to promote religious freedom.
What is Maryland
This series of laws in Maryland were intended to protect the religious rights of Catholics in what was increasingly becoming a Protestant colony.
What are the Acts of Toleration
Here's the Deal: I'll bring you to the colony and you work for me for 7 years.
What is an indentured servant
What is the patroons
This native tribe of Massachusetts provided aid to Plymouth helping to create the holiday of Thanksgiving.
Who are the Wampanoag.
The presence of this key harbor town in the Southern half of Carolina lead to the colony breaking into two separate territories.
What is Charlestown
This act of defiance on the part of Virginian farmers over the ban on settling was an early indicator that the British government could not ignore the colonists' demands.
What is Bacon's Rebellion.
"Okay, I'll let you settle there" said the King.
What is a Charter