The English Colonies
What is 13?
An act of violent or open resistance to an established government or ruler.
What is a rebellion?
The first cash crop that John Rolfe learned to grow which made Jamestown a successful and rich colony.
What is tobacco?
Name the 4 Middle colonies.
What are New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania & Delaware?
The group of separatists that left England in 1620 to find a land where they could practice their religion freely.
What are the Pilgrims?
The first colony established by England in 1588 which disappeared mysteriously.
What is the Lost Colony of Roanoke?
The murder of a large Number of people in one event
What is a massacre?
The rule created by Captain John Smith to motivate Virginia colonists to contribute to Jamestown's survival.
What is "He who does not work, Shall not Eat!"
What is New Amsterdam?
Name the 4 New England colonies.
What are Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut and New Hampshire?
The first permanent English settlement established in 1607.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
A poor European who signed a 4-7 year contract to work for someone in the colonies in exchange for their ship fare.
What is an indentured servant?
The first representative government in the 13 English colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
The value in trinkets, pots and pans, blankets and tools that the Dutch say they purchased Manhattan for.
What is $24?
The Puritan leader who delivered the speech " Divine Right to the Land" to let Puritans know they were God's Chosen people.
Who is John Cotton?
The 3 types of colonies established by the English in North America.
What are Charter, Royal and Proprietary colonies?
An economic policy in which European countries tried to get wealthy by controlling trade in the colonies they have established.
What is mercantilism?
The woman who successfully sued the Virginia colony in 1655 using English laws to win her freedom.
Who was Elizabeth Key?
The name of William Penn's religious group known as the Society of Friends in Pennsylvania.
What are the Quakers?
The event in a Puritan village that caused hysteria after girls were accusing women of witchcraft.
What were the Salem Witch Trials?
The type of English colony where a person owned the land and it was not controlled by the King.
What is a Proprietary colony?
A trade route with 3 stops that included Africa, the Caribbean & the Americas.
What were the Triangular Trade Routes?
The multiracial rebellion led by a Jamestown colonist who was angry about native attacks and lack of protection from the Governor.
What is Bacon's rebellion?
What is New Jersey?
The name of the ship that the Pilgrims sailed on which arrived in Plymouth, Massachusetts.
What was The Mayflower?