the 13 colonies
Founded as a haven for debtors
what is Georgia?
Leader of Jamestown.
Who was John Smith?
A country or area under full or partial political control of another country (usually a distant one).
What is a colony?
The first permanent British settlement
What is Jamestown?
Rebellion led by Nathanial Bacon.
what was Bacon’s Rebellion?
Founded as a place where your religion was accepted.
what is Pennsylvania?
King of Britain during colonial times.
The First winter in Jamestown.
What was The Starving Time?
Established in Virginia, first representative assembly in the America colonies.
What was the house of burgesses?
The year when the Carolinas split.
When was 1729?
This colony was founded as a haven for persecuted Catholics.
what is Maryland?
Who was Metacom?
Centered around shipbuilding fishing and trade
What were New England colonies?
Group of colonies based on excessive farming
What were the Southern Colonies?
Marked the end of Native American resistance. Rebellion led by Metacom.
What was King Philip’s war?
Crop that saved Jamestown.
What is tobacco?
The man who led the colony of Roanoke.
Who was John White?
First British settlement in America
what is Roanake?
Colony founded by Pilgrims and Puritans seeking religious freedom.
What is Massachusetts?
Written on a tree when John White returned to Roanoke.
What is Croaton?
what was the Middle Colonies?
First European born in America.
Who was Virginia Dare?
Signed in 1620, government based on majority rule
What was the Mayflower Compact?
A common way to raise funds to start a colony.
what is a joint stock company?
Act that granted religious freedom to Christians living in Maryland.
What was The Toleration Act of 1649?