Important People
This man was given credit for saving Jamestown. When he returned to England, the starving time came in Jamestown.
Who is John Smith?
This is a settlement ruled by a faraway country
What is a colony?
Roanoke was founded in this year
What is 1587?
This was the first permanent English settlement
What is Jamestown?
Pilgrims and other people looking for a new life sailed to Plymouth on this ship
What is the Mayflower?
This person married John Rolfe and is said to have saved John Smith.
Who is Pocahontas?
This is a person who is legally bound to work for someone for a set length of time
What is an indentured servant?
This many colonists settled in Roanoke
What is 117?
Jamestown was founded in this year
What is 1607?
Pilgrims and other people arrived in this year
What is 1620?
This person saw value in tobacco which became America's most important product
Who is John Rolfe?
This is a plant grown for sale rather than for use by the farmer
What is a cash crop?
He was the first governor of Roanoke but had to go back to England for almost three years
Who is John White?
These are the three ships that sailed to Jamestown
What are the Susan Constant, Discovery, Godspeed
These people were looking to separate themselves from the Church of England and became known as this (two answers, please)
Who are the Separatists and the Pilgrims?
This Native American Chief made a deal with John Smith
Who is Powhatan?
This is a system where the Spanish king gave the labor of American Indians to settlers for life
What is encomieda?
This is what John White found when he returned to Roanoke in 1590 (three answers, please)
What is 1) CROATOAN on a post; 2) No people; 3) CRO carved on a tree
This first law-making body in England's American colonies was established in 1619
What is the House of Burgesses?
Men on board the Mayflower signed this agreement
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This person spoke out against mistreatment of Native Americans
Who is Bartolome de las Casas?
This is a person who travels to a place for religious reasons
What is a pilgrim?
These are two theories that people believe about what happened to the lost colonists of Roanoke
1) The Native Americans killed them 2) They sailed to Croatoan and died
Slaves were brought to Jamestown in this year; he was the first president of the colony of Jamestown; and this was the first cash crop
What are 1619; John Smith; and tobacco
This person helped the Pilgrims survive and the arrival of these people disrupted the peace between settlers and American Indians (two answers, please)
Who is Squanto and who are The Puritans?