Francis Drake
English raider of Spanish ships.
Roanoke
Sir Walter Raleighs settlement
Jamestown
settlement named after the king
Captain John Smith
leader of Jamestown
John Rolfe
husband of Pocahontas
defeat of the Spanish rule
this cleared the way for England to start colonies in North America
the Virginia Company
this is an example of a joint-stock company
the starving time
the winter of 1609-1610 was called this by the Jamestown colonists
tobacco
the planting of this crop saved Jamestown
William Tucker
this boy was the first African American child born in the American colonies
Plymouth
once called Patuxet
persecute
to treat harshly
banished
forced to leave
European diseases
deadly to Native Americans
King Philip
Metacomet
Puritans
protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church
law and order contract
the Mayflower Compact was written by the Plymouth colonists as a
Squanto and Samoset
the pilgrims survived in plymouth because of the help of
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
this was the first written constitution in America
Lord Baltimore
Sir George Calvert
Baltimore
Maryland's largest settlement
Carolina
means "Charles's land
constitution
plan of government
Nathaniel Bacon
led a rebellion
Maryland
this colony was established as a safe place for Catholics
Roger Williams
this English political philosipher wrote a constituion for the Carolina colony
indigo
this was Carolina's "blue gold
thrown into prison
in Great Britain debtors were generally
Georgia
Britain originally settled this colony as a military barrier
restoration
reign of Charles II
New Amsterdam
colony of New Netherland
patroons
wealthy landowners
Quakers
society of friends
Philadelphia
city of brotherly love
New York City
this was once a Dutch colony
New Jersey
this was named after an island in the English Channel
William Penn
this man was America's first town planner
Charter of Liberties
this document granted the Pennsylvania colonists the right to elect reprsenatives to the legislative assembly
Three Lower Counties
the southernmost part of Pennsylvania was once called