Jamestown
Name of the captain who successfully led this colony for a few years
Who is John Smith
The name of the colony that disappeared without a trace in 1587
What is Roanoke?
The length of service for indentures was usually this many years
What is seven?
Who was an English adventurer and member of the court of Queen Elizabeth I, who selected Roanoke Island off the coast of North Carolina as a site for the first English settlement.
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The colonies that had the best farm land and the largest plantations were these
What are the Southern Colonies?
The name of the of tribe who lived in the vicinity of Jamestown
Who are the Powhatan
England's main rival in the New World was this country
What is Spain?
True or False, women were allowed to get pregnant while indentured
What is false?
This conflict between English settlers and the Pequot Indians over control of land and trade in eastern Connecticut was called the
What is Pequot War?
This main money maker of the New England colonies benefitted from having lots of trees and timber nearby.
What is shipbuilding?
What is the "Starving Time"
Roanoke was the first English colony attempted by who?
Who is Sir Walter Raleigh?
The number of acres of land plantation owners would get for each servant they acquired
What is 50?
People who wanted to have a separate, or different, church from the Church of England. Also know as Pilgrims.
Who are Separatists?
The owner of a colony is also know as this
What is a proprietor?
What is land
Roanoke is also known by this phrase
What is the "Lost Colony"?
The name of the former servant who led a rebellion against the rich plantation owners in 1676
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
Colony founded by the Separatist Pilgrims who came over on the Mayflower. Located in New England, on the coast of Massachusetts.
What is Plymouth Colony?
Many Jamestown colonists went insane in the early years because of drinking water that had this in it
What is salt?
The reason the colonists at Jamestown did not completely die from starvation
What is help from Pocahontas (or Indians)?
The first English child born on American soil was born in Roanoke, but the colonists disappeared while the captain of the voyage was stuck in England gaining new supplies. It is still a mystery what happened to these colonists. What is the name of the that firstborn English child?
Who is Virginia Dare?
After they realized indentured servants were too difficult to manage, plantation owners switched to buying these instead.
What are slaves?
Founded the colony of Maryland and offered religious freedom to all Christian colonists. He did so because he know that members of his own path (Catholicism) would be in the minority in the colony.
Who is Lord Baltimore?
One important kind of freedom that brought many colonists to the New World was this.
What is religious freedom?