Colony Names
The colony to which Roger Williams escaped
What is Rhode Island?
The man who led Jamestown and said that those who did not work would not eat
Who is John Smith?
The Native American princess who was friends with John Smith and traveled to England
Who is Pocahontas?
The people who believed they should purify the Church of England
Who are the Puritans?
The ship that brought the first Pilgrims to America
What is the Mayflower?
The colony in which the Pilgrims settled
What is Massachusetts?
The leader of the Quakers in Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn?
The Native American tribe who helped Roger Williams
Who are the Wampanoag?
The people who traveled to Plymouth because they wanted religious freedom
Who are the Pilgrims?
The name for the Middle Colonies that was given because they grew large amounts of grain
What is the "breadbasket colonies"?
The colony in which John Smith governed
What is Virginia?
The harsh governor of New Amsterdam
Who is Peter Stuyvesant?
Who are the Powhatan?
The religious group for which Maryland was settled
Who are Catholics?
The colony in which more than half the people living there were originally from Africa; many were enslaved
What is Carolina?
The colony with many Dutch settlers
What is New York?
The leader of Georgia when it was first settled
Who is James Oglethorpe?
Who is Squanto?
The head of the Roman Catholic Church
Who is the pope?
What is an indentured servant?
The last of the Southern colonies to be established, it was established as a refuge for poor people and for people of different religions
What is Georgia?
The governor who gathered the Pilgrims for the first Thanksgiving
Who is William Bradford?
The island Peter Minuit tried to buy from the Native Americans
What is Manhattan Island?
The people who thought war was wrong and that all people should be treated with respect
Who are the Quakers?
The special name for the winter of 1609 and the spring of 1610 in Jamestown
What is the Starving Time?