People
Founded a colony at a now famous rock in Massachusetts.
The Pilgrims
The first permanent English colony in the Americas saved by John Smith and his strict rules requiring colonists to work for food.
Jamestown, VA
Crop that saved the Jamestown colony.
Tobacco
American tradition with roots in Plymouth.
Thanksgiving
Represented by stripes on our flag
The 13 Colonies
A Quaker who founded a colony in his namesake.
William Penn
Massachusetts city famous for witchcraft.
Salem
Signed before they even got off the boat which it's named after.
Mayflower Compact
A religion that believed all people were equal in God's sight- not poor duck impression.
Quaker
Middle
Led a 1676 rebellion where an angry mob destroyed Indian villages and burned Jamestown. No relation to Porky or Wilbur.
Nathaniel Bacon
The Spanish looked for it and never found it. If they did I would look ALOT younger.
The Fountain of Youth
Business that received a charter to begin England's New World empire that unfortunately never turned a profit.
The Virginia Company
Type of government where leaders are chosen by popular election to speak on behalf of their community.
Representative Democracy
Fishing, Whaling, & Shipbuilding
New England
French colonists who lived in American Indian lands.
Coureurs de bois
It's possible to sail now. Thanks global warming.
The Northwest Passage
Normally held in the community church, settlers discussed and voted on local and church issues in the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Town Meetings
The first representative assembly in the colonies. My grandfather was a member!
House of Burgesses
Included a colony that was founded for Catholics seeking religious freedom.
Southern
Chosen as the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
Before it was New York City it went by this Dutch name.
New Amsterdam
Church founded by Martin Luther.
Protestant
Peninsulares, creoles, and this Spanish social class. Oh My!
Mestizos
Included a colony that was founded as a haven for debtors and where James Oglethorpe played a significant role.
Southern