Notable Names
He sailed the ocean blue in 1492
Who is Columbus?
He was the first European to discover North America
Who is Lief Erickson?
These colonies were known as "bread colonies" because of their farming of cereal grains
What are Middle Colonies?
This type of colony was directly overseen by the king.
What is a royal colony?
This leg of triangle trade transported African slaves to the Americas.
What is the Middle Passage?
This Jamestown leader established relations with the Native Powhatan tribe
Who is John Smith?
This was the first colony established by England in the New World. On second thought, "established" seems like a generous term to use.
What is Roanoke?
These colonies had an economy built on fishing and whaling
What are the New England colonies?
Landing in Massachusetts, these pilgrams left the church of England due to a belief that it was unredeemable. They became known as this
What are sepratists?
This Native American taught the pilgrims to farm and fish
Who is Squanto?
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Who is Queen Elizabeth I?
This was the first Representative body in the Americas
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
Southern colones were hyper agrarian and would grow crops that were exclusive to the south. Crops like this plant, used to dye Jeans.
What is Indigo?
This colony became America's origin story, teaching us that we are a nation of diverse people, striving together toward the common good.
What is Plymouth?
She later married John Rolf and changed her name to Rebecca
Who is Pocahontas?
He was given his "forest" as a gift to his late father from the king
Who is William Penn?
America was named after this Italian, the first person to draw a map of America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
This colony was owned by a single indiviudual
What is God, Gold, Glory?
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What is Spain?
He not only governed the Plymouth colony, but wrote his experiences down for all to read in his work "Of Plymouth Plantation"
Who is William Bradford?
This was the first document defining self governance in America
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This type of colony was granted to a joint stock company
What is a charter colony?
This colony was founded as a "debtors colony" as well as a buffer zone between the Spanish and the rest of the English colonies.
What is Georgia?
This cryptic message was left carved into a tree by the disapeared inhabitants of Roanoke
What is Croatoan?