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Back in England
Who Dat!
Famous Native Americans
Know Your Geography
Odds N Ends
100
House of Burgesses
What is the group who make laws for the Jamestown colony?
100
Captain John Smith
He saved the colonists forcing them to build homes and plant crops.
100
Chief Powhatan
He was a respected Native American leader.
100
Roanoke
This colonywas settled off the coast of N.Carolina. It vanished in 1588.
100
Thanksgiving
The harvest festival between the Native Americans and the Pilgrims is know as this.
200
Queen Elizabeth I
This queen had a colony named for her.
200
John Rolfe
This colonist planted the first tobacco crop.
200
Massasoit
This Native American formed a peace treaty with the English.
200
Plymouth
The Pilgrims set up this colony in 1620.
200
tobacco
This was known as a "cash crop."
300
Sir Walter Raleigh
This advisor to the queen granted a charter to start a colony.
300
William Bradford
He was the governor of the Plymouth Colony.
300
Squanto
This Native American showed Pilgrims how to plant crops.
300
Jamestown
This Virginia colony sat on the Chesapeake Bay.
300
Indentured servants
These workers served 5 to 7 years in exchange for freedom or land.
400
King James I
This king had a settlement named for him.
400
Miles Standish
This Army captain defended the Plymouth colonists.
400
Samoset
He introduced the Pilgrims to his Native American friends.
400
Cape Cod
The Pilgrims came ashore at this spot of the coast of Massachusetts.
400
Mayflower Compact
This document was the first form of government in North America.
500
The Virginia Company
This English company sent the first colonists to Virginia.
500
John White
Roanoke leader
500
Pocahontas
She saved Capt. John Smith.
500
Netherlands
The early colonists left England and went to this country before coming to North America.
500
Wampanaog
This Native American tribe became friendly with the Pilgrims.