All About Colonies
The first "successful" (permanent) colony made by England.
What is Jamestown?
This one isn't actually about a John, since there were only four (still too many.) Anyway, this Roger started the Rhode Island colony, which was the first to practice religious tolerance.
Who is Roger Williams?
Protestants who wanted to separate from the Anglican Church.
Who are separatists?
Boundary Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon drew to separate Pennsylvania and Maryland.
What is the Mason-Dixon line?
A military force comprised of ordinary citizens.
What is a militia?
The literal meaning of "Pennsylvania."
What is Penn's Woods?
This John was banished by another (John), leading to him creating the New Hampshire colony.
Who is John Wheelwright?
Maryland law allowing all Christians (Catholics and Protestants included) to worship as they pleased.
What is the Act of Toleration of 1649?
Region where most southern plantations resided. Very good for farming.
This British prime minister helped drive the French out of North America using his amazing tactical knowledge and combat skills.
Who is William Pitt?
The three regions of colonies in early America.
New England, Middle, and Southern.
This John governed the Massachusetts Bay colony and enforced a strict religious policy, banishing anyone who disagreed.
Who is John Winthrop?
The name of the movement where 15,000 Puritans sailed to America to escape religious persecution.
What is the Great Migration?
Shipbuilding and fishing are most popular in this economy.
What is the New England economy?
Plan presented by Benjamin Franklin to unite the colonies against the French.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
Name of the Dutch colony forced to surrender when British forces were sent to take over.
What is New Netherlands?
This John was blocked by the Spanish Armada while making a supply trip to colonial America.
Who is John White?
The first colony to practice religious toleration.
What is Rhode Island?
Warm, relatively long summers. Slightly more suitable for farming than New England.
What is the Middle Colonies geography?
Extremely effective military tactic used against the British in both the Revolutionary War and French and Indian war.
These colonies failed because the Spanish Armada blocked supply ships coming to them.
What are the Roanoke colonies?
Governed Jamestown with tough-love policies. Known mostly for the rule "he who works not, eats not."
Who is John Smith?
Document signed by EVERY pilgrim that called for a representative government.
What is Mayflower Compact?
Farming type most New-Englanders practiced, where you make just enough to feed you and your family.
What is subsistence farming?
These two wampanoag Native American tribes taught the pilgrims how to farm, fish, hunt, and survive in modern-day massachussetts.
Who are the Squanto and Samoset?