First English child to be born in America
Virginia Dare
Great preacher from England; evangelist to America who preached from Georgia to New England
George Whitefield
Paddle-shaped board that had on it a piece of paper with the alphabet and Lord's Prayer, covered with a thin sheet of horn
Hornbook
What was the name of the first college founded in the colonies (1636) by the Puritans to train ministers?
Harvard college
Took control of Jamestown; wisely made a new rule stating, "He that will not work shall not eat."
Captain John Smith
One of the first leaders of the Great Awakening
Jonathan Edwards
The first permanent English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
Colony owned by the king of England
Royal colony
What reading textbook was used by millions of American children for over 150 years?
New England Primer
Squanto
As a result of the Great Awakening, became one of the first missionaries to the Indians
David Brainerd
The Pilgrims' settlement
Plymouth
First built by Swedish settlers in Delaware
Who were the group of English merchants who obtained a charter form King James I to establish a colony?
London Company
The first Indian to welcome the Pilgrims
Samoset
Germans who followed the teachings of John Huss
Moravians
First permanent European settlement in the New World, planted by Spain
St. Augustine
First written agreement for self-government in America
Mayflower Compact
Which act established the first public school system by directing every town that had at least 50 households to hire a teacher for their children?
Ole' Deluder Satan Act
Military leader of Plymouth
Captain Miles Standish
Leader of the Moravians, who founded a settlement in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Count von Zinzendorf
Colony established by the Puritans
Massachusetts Bay
Colonial Virginia's elected body of representatives
House of Burgesses
Name the three ships that brought settlers to Jamestown
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery