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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Virginia Company of London/London Company | Joint-stock company that founded James town in Virginia |
| John Smith | Leader of Jamestown; famous for "He who works not, eats not" |
| John Rolfe | Introduced tobacco cultivation to Virginia; married Pocahontas |
| Jamestown | First permanent English settlement in North America |
| Plymouth | Colony founded by Pilgrims for religious freedom |
| Pilgrims | Separatist Puritans seeking to break from the church of England |
| The Mayflower | Ship that caried the Pilgrims to Massachusetts |
| William Bradford | Governor of Plymouth Colony; recorded Pilgrim history |
| Thanksgiving Day | celebration of the first harvest shared between Pilgrims and Native Americans |
| Massachusetts Bay | Colony founded by Pertains seeking to reform the Church of England |
| Puritans | Group aiming to purify the Church of England; strict religious beliefs |
| John Winthrop | Leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony; gave "City upon a Hill" sermon |
| "Puritan Ethic" | Belief in hard work, thrift, and moral duty as signs of God's favor |
| Roger Williams | Vanished from Massachusetts Bay; founded Providence, Rhode Island, advocating religious freedom and separation of Church and State |
| Anne Hutchinson | Challenged Puritan leaders; promoted religious interpretations, banished to Rhode Island |
| Thomas Hooker | Founded Hartford, Connecticut; helped write the Fundamentals Orders Clearly colonial consecution |
| George Calvert/Lord Baltimore | Founded Maryland as a refuge for Catholics |
| Lord John Berkely and Sir Carteret | Founded New Jersey |
| William Penn | Founded Pennsylvania as a refuge for Quakers/Society of friends |
| "Holy Experiment" | William Penn's goal of religious tolerance and fair governance in Pennsylvania |
| "City of Brotherly Love" | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; nickname reflecting Penn's vision |
| Quakers/Society of Friends | Pacifist religious group seeking equality and religious freedom |
| Amish | Religious group emphasizing simple living, separation form modern society, mostly in Pennsylvania |
| James Oglethorpe | Founded Georgia as a refuge for debtors and a buffer colony against Spanish Florida |