Vocabulary
a small community created by settlers in a new territory
settlement
The first permanent English colony in America was named
Jamestown
Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony?”
All the settlers disappeared.
Name the ship that many came over to Plymouth on
The Mayflower
a form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen
Monarchy
How did the settlement of Jamestown survive The Starving Time?
they ate anything & anyone they could....
What was left of the Roanoke colony when White & his crew returned?
CROATOAN carved into a tree post
What was the Mayflower Compact?
a plan of government drawn up by the colonists
People who settled in Roanoke and Jamestown were called
colonists
What was a problem with the original site of Jamestown?
It was wet land with bad water; they built it on a marsh
Name one theory historians have for what happened to the people of the Roanoke colony.
They starved, they moved, they went to Croatoan island or the Croatoan people attacked them.
The third English settlement in North America was started by people who were looking for...
religious freedom
The government of Virginia was more______ than England
democratic
What was the name of the local Native chief that Jamestown settlers often interacted with?
Powhatan
Compared with Jamestown and Plymouth, the Roanoke colony was
earlier
Name two hardships the pilgrims faced that first year in Plymouth
scarce food, disease, winter, etc
A form of government where citizens elect the leaders to make decisions is called a(n)
representative government
Jamestown was the first representative government in an American colony. The people choose their leaders in this government. They called the governing body the
House of Burgesses
What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?
a war between England & Spain
What was the name of the nearby Native tribe?
the Wampanogs