13 english colonies
directions: use the notes from class to answer the questions below.
- roanoke
a. originally a puritan who established rhode island when he challenged the puritan way (example of a dissenter)
- jamestown
b. local tribe of natives that the jamestown settlers encountered
- powhatan
c. originally a colony controlled by the dutch called
ew amsterdam\
- john rolfe
d. tight knit groups of puritan settlers who united themselves as a society with their religious beliefs central to their lives
- mayflower
e. first attempt at english settlement in americas where the settlers disappeared in the 1580s.
- covenant communities
f. two colonies established south of virginia by charles ii to grow more cash crops
- roger williams
g. jamestown settler who saved the colony by experimenting with tobacco as a cash crop
- maryland
h. collective name for the colonies between new england and virginia that became home to many religious groups and therefore was a very tolerant region.
- carolinas
i. first successful permanent english settlement started as a business venture that nearly failed
- georgia
j. religious group that settled primarily in pennsylvania and delaware
- new york
k. colony just north of virginia established as a haven for english catholics
- quakers
l. ship that carried the pilgrims to cape cod; where they drew up their self-governing compact
- middle colonies
m. colony established to help free up english prisons of debtors
- what is a dissenter and give some examples.