Jamestown
The first permanent English colony
What is a Jamestown?
A person who agreed to work for another person without pay for a certain length of time.
What was an Indentured Servant?
This country brought the first Africans to Virginia in 1619
What are the Netherlands or who are the Dutch?
What is Maryland?
A group of these people were put in prison for owing money settled in the colony of Georgia
Who were debtors?
The "lost colony"
What is Roanoke?
These were laws passed in the southern colonies to control the slaves.
What is are slave codes?
A rebellion led by a former indentured servant over issues concerning taxes and Native American policies
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
Maryland was named in honor of
He founded Georgia to help debtors pay back their debts.
Who was James Oglethorpe?
Jamestown was originally founded by
a joint stock company
This system gave 50 acres of land to each colonist that paid their own way to Virginia and 50 acres for every additional person they brought.
What is the headright system?
This city was burned during Bacon's Rebellion.
What is Jamestown?
Who was Cecilius Calvert or the Second Lord Baltimore?
Georgia was named after
Who is King George II?
This Powhatan tribe member helped the Jamestown settlers.
Who was Pocahontas?
Crops that are grown for a profit
What are cash crops?
What is tobacco?
This bill made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians
What is the Toleration Act of 1649?
The British crown believed Georgia would be a buffer between their profitable southern colonies and this country?
What is Spain?
This was a leader of Jamestown that improved their conditions by making the rule "If you don't work, you don't eat".
Who was John Smith?
This was the name given to the owner of a colony.
What was a proprietor?
A large number of these were forced to work on the plantations for no pay.
What is a slave?
The majority of people from England were part of this church.
What is the Church of England or Anglican Church?
These were cash crops exported from the Southern Colonies. (Name two)
What are tobacco, indigo, rice, and cotton?