Learn about how America came to be! In this set you'll learn about the early settlements of distant countries and some important vocabulary to go along with that!
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| 1168224211 | James Ogelthorp | Started the colony of Georgia for people who were in prison because of debts. | 1 | |
| 1168224212 | George Calvert or "Lord Baltimore" | Started the colony of Maryland for Catholics who were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England. | 2 | |
| 1168224213 | Massasoit | The Native American chief of the Wampanoag tribe who helped the Pilgrims and celebrated the first Thanksgiving with them. | 3 | |
| 1168224214 | Roger Williams | A Puritan minister who was banished from Boston for questioning the rules of the Puritan leaders. He started Rhode Island. | 4 | |
| 1168224215 | Peter Stuyvetsant | The Dutch Governor of New Amsterdam who lost the colony to the English because he was hated and his people refused to fight for him. | 5 | |
| 1168224216 | Pocahontas | A Native American Princess who helped Jamestown by saving John Smith's life. | 6 | |
| 1168224217 | John Smith | Became the leader of Jamestown and saved the colony by making the members work harder. | 7 | |
| 1168224218 | William Penn | Started the colony of Pennsylvania for Quakers when the King gave him the land to pay back a family debt. | 8 | |
| 1168224219 | Thomas Hooker | A Puritan minister who took a congregation to Connecticut for better farming. He wrote the fundamental orders. | 9 | |
| 1168224220 | John Winthop | The Puritan leader and governor of the Mass Bay Colony. He wanted his city to be like "A city on a hill". | 10 | |
| 1168224221 | The Eight Proprietors | Friends of the King who were rewarded for their loyalty and were given the land that became the Carolinas. | 11 | |
| 1168224222 | Sir Walter Raleigh | An Englishman who organized the expedition to Roanoke. | 12 | |
| 1168224223 | Puritan | A group of people who wanted to purify the church of England. | 13 | |
| 1168224224 | Quaker | A religious group persecuted in England who refused to bow to the King and support the church of England. | 14 | |
| 1168224225 | Charter | Legal document proving a colony ways established with the King's authority. | 15 | |
| 1168224226 | Disembark | To come ashore from a ship. | 16 | |
| 1168224227 | Proprietor | The owner or manager of a business or area of land. | 17 | |
| 1168224228 | Colony | An area controlled by a distant country and settled by people from that country. | 18 | |
| 1168224229 | Plantation | A large place or farm that is planted and grows large amounts of crops to sell for profit. | 19 | |
| 1168224230 | Pilgrims | A group of English Puritans who founded the colony of Plymouth | 20 | |
| 1168224231 | Roanoke | The island off the coast of N. Carolina where the English first attempted to start a settlement. | 21 | |
| 1168224232 | Agriculture | Having to do with farming or producing crops and raising livestock. | 22 | |
| 1168224233 | The Quakers started what colony? | Pennsylvania | 23 | |
| 1168224234 | In what colony did the first Thanksgiving take place? | Massachusetts | 24 | |
| 1168224235 | Maryland was established for what religious group? | The Catholics | 25 | |
| 1168224236 | What was the first successful colony? | Virginia | 26 | |
| 1168224237 | Which colony had a written constitution? | Connecticut | 27 | |
| 1168224238 | Which colony depended on the fishing and fur trade? | New Hampshire | 28 | |
| 1168224239 | Log cabins were built in which colony? | Delaware | 29 | |
| 1168224240 | Were the Puritans tolerant of other religions? | NO! | 30 | |
| 1168224241 | New Amsterdam eventually became what colony? | New York | 31 | |
| 1168224242 | Who governed North Carolina? | Eight businessmen who were known as the eight proprietors | 32 |
