THE FIRST COLONIES
This colony was the first attempt by the English to make a settlement in the New World.
Roanoke
William Penn was a Quaker who believed in religious freedom for all people. Which colony did he found as a safe haven for all religions?
Pennsylvania
Fishing, Fur trading, Timber, Whaling
What was the main reason that the Pilgrims wanted to settle in the New World?
Religious freedom / They were being persecuted in England
What was another name for the four Northern Colonies?
New England
The colony of Roanoke is mysterious because its founder returned to find it completely abandoned, with just a single word carved into a wooden post. What was that word?
Croatoan
A Puritan named John Winthrop was granted a charter to found a colony in the New World where he and his fellow Puritans could worship freely. What was the name of this colony which he envisioned as a "city upon a hill"?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Sometimes when a person could not afford a boat ticket to the New World, a rich land owner would pay their way. In exchange, the person would sign a contract to work for the land owner for a certain period of time for no pay, just receiving meals and housing. What were these workers called?
Indentured Servants
What was the name of the boat that the Pilgrims set sail on?
The Mayflower
Besides New York, which other colony was originally part of New Netherland before becoming a separate colony?
New Jersey
The colony of Jamestown was the first successful English colony in the New World. What cash crop made it so successful?
Tobacco
John Winthrop was not an easy man to get along with, and would banish anyone who disagreed with his policies. Name one of the two people whom he banished, who later founded the colony of Rhode Island.
Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson
In the early days of Virginia, the colonists focused more on searching for gold than working to secure food. That all changed when a man arrived and took charge, warning the colonists that "He who does not work, does not eat". What was this man's name?
John Smith
Before landing in Plymouth Colony, the colonists created a document that established fair and equal rules, laws, and government that they agreed to live by in their new land. What was the name of that document?
The Mayflower Compact
What massive contribution to the success of the Jamestown colony did John Rolfe make?
He brought the first tobacco seeds to Jamestown.
The Jamestown colony featured the very first Representative Government in the New World, which would serve as a model years later for the United States Congress. What was the name of that first government in Jamestown?
The House of Burgesses
Like many colonies further north, Maryland was founded by Englishmen seeking religious freedom. What was the name (or title) of Maryland's founder? (hint: his title includes the name of Maryland's largest city)
Lord Baltimore (Calvert)
The governor of the Virginia colony signed a treaty with the local Native Americans stating that the colonists would limit their settlements to land on the coast. One man who wanted to settle further west led a rebellion against both the Native Americans and the Virginia government. What was his name?
Nathaniel Bacon
The pilgrims landed in present-day Massachusetts because their ship was blown off-course. Where did they originally intend to go?
Virginia
What is the idea that government should not establish an official religion or interfere with the religious freedom of its citizens called?
Separation of Church and State
A group of people called Separatists sailed from England to the New World in 1620 in search of religious freedom. They landed in present-day Massachusetts. What name did they give to the new colony that they established?
Plymouth
The southern colony of Georgia was founded by a man named James Oglethorpe. What was the original reason he founded Georgia?
He wanted to establish a place where debtors could work to repay their debts.
The names of many locations in present-day New York City, such as Brooklyn, Harlem, Flushing, and Staten Island, share a common language of origin, recalling the original founders of the colony. What is the language?
Dutch
When the Pilgrims first settled in Plymouth Colony, it was winter, and they didn't know how to farm in the hard soil and the harsh climate. What English-speaking Native American helped them by teaching the colonists how to farm and survive in the North?
Squanto
Who was the Governor of New Netherland at the time that the English captured the colony?
Peter Stuyvesant