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| A person who wanted to separate from the Church of England. |
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| 1st English colony; not a permanent settlement. |
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1st permanent English Colony.
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| Group from England who wanted to purify, or reform, the Church of England |
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| Shares in a company often sold to raise money for the company |
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| Document that permitted colonists to settle on land claimed by their ruler |
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| Person who journeys for religious reasons |
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| The first law-making assembly in an English Colony |
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| Pilgrims' written plan of government for their colony |
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| Unjust treatment to a person because of his or her beliefs |
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| A person who agreed to work for someone for a certain amount of time in exchange for the cost of the ocean voyage to North America. |
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| A person whose views differ from others' |
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| Waterway connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans |
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| Why did the English want to have colonies in North America? |
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| The English wanted to find gold and other resources. |
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| Why did the Pilgrims choose to leave their homeland? |
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| The Pilgrims wanted to practice their own religious beliefs. |
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| What made the Spanish very angry? |
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| Francis Drake raided Spains ships. |
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| How did the Pilgrims get to Plymouth, Massachusetts? |
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| A storm blew their ship off course. |
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| What government was established in the Jamestown Colony? |
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| Jamestown established a self-government. |
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| What difficulties did the Pilgrims face in Plymouth? |
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| The Pilgrims faced hard winters, disease, and hunger. |
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| The Jamestown settlers finally decided to work so they would not starve to death. What did they do? |
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| Jamestown settlers finally began to dig wells and farm the land. |
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| Which group of people helped the Pilgrims survive in Plymouth? |
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| In searching for the Northwest Passage, the French found which colonies? |
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| The Puritans sent a small group of colonists ahead of the others to ________. |
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| get the colony started for the others befor they got there. |
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| The colony of Quebec was a huge success because of the _________. |
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| Which of the three regions of colonies had the longest growing season for farmers? |
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| Southern Colonies, because of the warmer climate. |
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| The Dutch took over the _________ river as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage |
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| How were the New England Colonies different from one another? |
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| Different religious beliefs in each of the colonies. |
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| What happened to dissenters? |
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| They were forced to leave the colony. |
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| How did several Middle and Southern Colonies become more populated? |
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| King Charles II gave away large plots of land. |
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| What was the result of the search for the Northwest Passage? |
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| The French and the Dutch did not find a passage that led from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean. They did discover great rivers that led to the founding of very successful colonies. The French founded Quebec and Montreal and the Dutch founded New Netherlands. |
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| What events led to the disappearnce of the colony of Roanoke Island? |
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| Roanoke was the first English Colony. They had a very difficult time with supplies and sent John White back to England to get more supplies for the colony. England and Spain went to war as White was returning to England. At that time no supplies were given, so White had to wait 3 years until the end of the war to return to Roanoke with supplies. When he returned to the Island all the colonists had disappeared. White lost his entire family. Roanoke is considered the "lost colony". |
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| Why was tobacco important to Jamestown? |
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| The first permanent colony of England was Jamestown. This colony had settlers who came to make money and who thought they would make that money by finding gold. After losing over half of the colony, settlers realized they would need to work with the resources found on this colony. John Rolfe came to colony, bringing a tobacco root. They found that tobacco was a great cash crop. It was grown for huge profits. |
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| How were the Puritans similar to the Pilgrims? How were they different? |
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The Puritans and the Pilgrims were both persecuted in England for religious reasons. They both wanted to change the Church of England. Also, they both decided to start their own colonies in North America so they could worship God as they saw fit.
The Puritans were different than the Pilgrims because they were very organized in their move to North America. They sent a small group ahead to get the colony ready. This way when the majority of the colonists arrived they were ready to succeed as a colony. |
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