A | B |
Virginia | colony begun by gold diggers |
immigrants | people who are born in one country, but move to another |
Philadelphia | City of Brotherly Love |
Toleration Act of 1649 | stated that no one may be discriminated against based on their religion |
Pilgrims | Name given to the Puritans who landed at Plymouth Rock |
proprietors | businessmen |
Pennsylvania | colony that initially consisted of PA and DE |
New York City | originally known as New Amsterdam |
Captain Miles Standish | placed in charge of the defenses of the Plymouth Colony |
Squanto | Pawtuxet Indian who was captured and sent to Spain to be a slave |
Samoset | first Native American to help the Plymouth Colony |
Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire | colonies started by Puritans |
Maryland | colony founded by Catholics |
New York | colony started by Dutch Traders |
Pennsylvania | colony founded by Quakers |
The Carolinas, New Jersey | colonies begun by proprietors |
Georgia | colony begun by farmers in debt (prisoners) |
Revolutionary War, Signing of the Declaration of Independence | Same year that Delaware becomes a colony |
royal colony | a colony run by the king of England |
tobacco | Virginia's and Maryland's biggest cash crop |
cotton | The Carolina's biggest cash crop |