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Exploration & Colonization

Students can use these activities to enhance their knowledge of the vocabulary associated with SOL5.a - early colonization of the Americas by the English.

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SeparatistsSettled the Plymouth Colony to escape religious persecution
PuritansEstablished the Massachusetts Bay Colony to escape religious persecution
QuakersSettled in the colony of Pennsylvania to worship without interference
PlymouthSettled by the Separatists who wanted to avoid religious persecution
PennsylvaniaSettled by the Quakers who wanted to practice their faith without interference
JamestownFirst Permanent English Settlement established for economic reasons
1607Jamestown
Religious ReasonsPennsylvania, Plymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colony
New WorldNorth America
Mayflower CompactFirst Self-government
Religious PersecutionBeing hurt or teased for your ways of worshipping God
Fundamental Orders of ConnecticutFirst written Constitution
Virginia House of BurgessesFirst Representative Government and became a Model for other governments
TransatlanticSlave Trade & slavery grew in the Americas
Spain3 G's but really looking for GOLD
FranceSeeking Fur Trade
EnglandSeeking Religious Freedom
Columbian ExchangeTransfer of plants, animals, and diseases
1620Plymouth
New England ColoniesDeep harbors, rivers, cold, and rocky soil
Middle ColoniesBreadbasket and moderate (mild) climate
Southern ColoniesPlantations & Slavery
Salutary NeglectEstablish governments because of the distance from England
New York, Boston, and CharlestonNatural harbors provided access to markets.
English CatholicsMaryland
English PuritansMassachusetts


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