People
He was a philanthropist who wanted to give these people a chance to get back on their feet.
Who are debtors/Who is Oglethorpe?
Right to a trial by jury, religious freedom, a written Frame of Government, and economic prosperity are traits of this colony.
What is Pennsylvania?
This important document was signed by the Pilgrims before disembarking from the Mayflower.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
This is a defining characteristic of the Quaker religion.
What is religious toleration? What is non-violence?
This Catholic country's naval attack on England contributed to John White's 3 year delay.
What is Spain?
In 1630, these people landed at Massachusetts Bay.
Who are the Puritans?
Roger Williams started this colony after being banished from Massachusetts for his open-minded ideas on religious toleration, property rights, and separation of church and state.
What is Rhode Island?
These crops were money makers in the Southern Colonies.
What are rice and Indigo?
Maryland was a haven for people of this religion.
Who are Catholics?
Four letters from this founder's name can be rearranged to form the first four letters of this colony that he founded.
What is Oglethorpe/Georgia?
How/why did the Puritans get their name?
They wanted to purify the English Church.
In debt in London, England? Go to prison or go to this colony.
What is Georgia?
This phrase was enforced in order to save Jamestown from lazy gentlemen.
What is "If you don't work, you don't eat"
Quakers, Puritans, and Pilgrims were all part of this religion.
What is Protestant?
This Dutch colony became New York, New Jersey, and Delaware after the English took control of it.
What is New Netherland?
Searching for their own religious freedom, these two groups were notoriously intolerant of religious toleration of other groups.
Who were the Pilgrims and Puritans?
These two colonies started off as one.
What is North Carolina and South Carolina?
This "cash crop" is bad for your health but good for the economy of Jamestown.
What is tobacco?
Each region of Jamestown sent two representatives to this "House" to vote.
What is the House of Burgesses?
This river ran through the center of Dutch land claims before England took control of it.
What is the Hudson River?
Far from the Disney tale, this woman was kidnapped, married young, and died of disease after visiting England.
Who is Pocahontas?
This colony was renamed after the Duke of York.
What is New York?
This sought after blue dye was created from a plant and sold for a profit to England.
What is Indigo?
The Pilgrims wished to separate from this.
What is the Church of England?
This long river was and still is an important waterway that is sometimes called "The Father of Rivers"
What is the Mississippi?
This man's admiral father was mightily displeased to hear his son was one of these.
What is a Quaker?
This colony is not where you would want to be in the winter of 1609.
What is Jamestown?
The "Fundamental Orders" of this colony served as a written plan for its government.
What is Connecticut?
In the 1580's, this colony was not yet "Lost."
What is Roanoke?
This type of land usage was detrimental ,or harmful, to the Native American way of life.
What is Exclusive Ownership?
This Native American leader, ironically the son of the chief who welcomed the Pilgrims, was the leader in King Phillip's war.
Who is Metacom?
If you like fishing full-time, you might enjoy working and living in this colony, founded by investors to make a profit in cod and halibut.
What is New Hampshire?
This type of huge farm is for growing cash crops with a slave labor force to maximize profits while disregarding human dignity.
What is a plantation?
Because he wanted a divorce, Henry VIII ditched the Pope and converted the country to this religion.
What is Protestantism?
This weapon was traded to the Native Americans and made tribal warfare more deadly.
What is a gun?