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13 Colonies
Early Exploration and Colonies Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Wealthy investor who funded the colony of Roanoke | Sir Walter Raliegh |
| Leader of the Roanoke Colony | John White |
| State where Roanoke is located | North Carolina |
| First English person born in the New World | Virginia Dare |
| Jamestown is located in which Southern colony | Virginia |
| Jamestown was founded in what year | 1607 |
| Took control of Jamestown in 1608 and instituted new rules such as "he who doesn't work, doesn't eat" | John Smith |
| Introduced tobacco to Jamestown | John Rolfe |
| Indian princess of thee Powhatan tribe who married John Rolfe | Pocahontas |
| Main cash crop of the colonies | Tobacco |
| System designed to provide labor for the Southern colonies by offering land to people who would pay passage for workers to the New World | Headright System |
| Creator of Maryland colony | Lord Baltimore |
| Maryland was designed as a haven for this religion | Catholics |
| First representative government in the New World | House of Burgesses |
| Colony founded by James Oglethorpe as a buffer zone between the English and Spanish colonies; initially inhabited by convicts/criminals | Georgia |
| Leader of rebellion against Virginia governor William Berkeley to protest unfair tax policies and pro-Native American policies | Francis Bacon |
| Religious separatists who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 | Pilgrims |
| Ship used by the Pilgrims to reach New World | Mayflower |
| Established a political society and guidelines for self-government for the Pilgrims of Plymouth | Mayflower Compact |
| Native American who aided the Pilgrims by teaching them successful farming techniques | Squanto |
| Founder of the Puritan Massachusetts Bay Colony | John Winthrop |
| Town which tried and executed many of its members for being witches | Salem Witch Trials |
| War between the settlers of New England and the Wampanoag Indians led by Chief Metacom | King Phillip's War |
| Colonies known as the "breadbasket" of the 13 colonies | Middle Colonies |