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| Besides religious freedom, what were two other things the colonists wanted? | riches (gold, silver, and gems) and land ownership (mostly restricted to the upper classes in England) |
| What country established Jamestown | England (in May 1607) |
| What did Jamestown colonists look for instead of raising food or hunting? | Gold and silver (The colony almost failed because of starvation.) |
| What Jamestown leader set up the "No Work - No Food" rule | Captain John Smith |
| What problems did the Jamestown settlers have with water? | Not enough pure water, a swampy area, water-borne diseases |
| How did John Rolfe help the Jamestown colony? | He planted a money-making crop (tobacco) and married Pocahantas, daughter of a local chief. |
| What did John Rolfe plant? | tobacco (a money-making or "cash" crop) |
| What Indian tribe provided corn to the starving settlers at Jamestown? | Powatan |
| What money-making crop did the Jamestown colonists raise? | tobacco |
| What is a large farm that grows huge amounts of a certain crop called? | a plantation |
| What colony imported ninety single women to marry its colonists so they would not leave? | Jamestown |
| What did the Pilgrims hope to find in the New World? | Freedom to worship as they pleased. |
| Where did the Pilgrims settle? | New England - Plymouth, Massachusetts (They were supposed to go to Virginia, but were blown off course in a storm.) |
| Who were the Pilgrims? | a religious group that was persecuted by King James I for their beliefs. |
| Mayflower Compact | an agreement, written on the Mayflower (ship) that said that people would obey laws agreed on by the majority, not laws given by a supreme leader or ruler. |
| Pilgrim settlement location (1620) | Plymouth, Massachusetts |
| Why were Pilgrims allowed to set up their own government? | The landed at Cape Cod, Massachusetts, far from the land specified in their charter, which was in Virginia. |
| What colony was settled by well-educated, wealthy men and former government officials? | Puritans |
| What did the Pilgrims and Puritan have in common? | They both came for religious reasons and both actually settled in Massachusetts. |
| How many settlers came to join the Puritans within a few years? | nearly 10,000 |
| John Winthrop | Leader of the Puritan colony at Boston, Massachusetts |
| Puritan settlement location (1630) | Boston area (specifically St. Mary's City) |
| What group wanted religious freedom but did not grant it to others? | Puritans, "bossy" people who settled at Boston, MA. |
| What religious leader established Rhode Island after he ran away from the Puritans to avoid prison for his beliefs? | Roger Williams |
| In 1636, Rogers Williams established a settlement at Providence, in which state? | Rhode Island |
| Leader of 1636 settlement in Rhode Island | Roger Williams |
| Pastor Thomas Hooker founded a colony in an area with rich farmland in 1636; what state is this now? | Connecticut |
| This South Carolina port, still important today, was named for King Charles II, who granted the charter for Carolina. | Charleston |
| Thomas Hooker started a settlement in | Connecticut |
| What year was Carolina divided into North and South Carolina? 1609, 1663, or 1729? | 1729 |
| Which Indian tribe helped the founder of Rhode Island to survive? | Narragansett |
| Who settled Connecticut, Roger Williams, James Oglethorpe, or Thomas Hooker? | Thomas Hooker. (James Oglethorpe = GA, Roger Williams = RI) |
| New Hampshire | This state was part of Massachusetts for 39 years. |
| Sold to the King of England in 1679, it is now the state where the first presidential primaries are held. | New Hampshire |
| Region which grew important crops such as corn and wheat, AKA the "bread colonies": | middle colonies |
| Region with broad, fertile farmlands and a warm climate where rice, tobacco and indigo grew well: | southern colonies |
| Region with rocky soil and long, cold winters where shipbuilding, ironworking, fishing and lumbering were important: | New England colonies |
| The five southern colonies | Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
| What were the three colonial regions? | New England, middle colonies, southern colonies |
| Why were epidemics (widespread outbreaks of disease) such a problem for the colonists? | They had little medical knowledge on how to either treat or prevent disease. |
| Why were New England farms smaller than farms to the south? | The soil was rocky and heavily wooded; it was hard to clear land for farming beyond the farmer's own needs. |
| What plant, grown in the colonies was used to make a valuable dark blue dye? | indigo |
