
Exploration and Colonization
Quiz by RIAN SCHOENHALS
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What type of government is described as being ruled by a king or queen?
This is a gift given by the king of Spain, which gave a person control over the land and the people living there.
A person sent to a new land to spread their religion
First Spanish settlement in the New World and the oldest city in the US
Pocahontas helped the colonists at this settlement
Pilgrims started this colony because they were seeking religious freedom
England's first attempt at colonization in the New World
Many died during a harsh winter known as the "starving time"
Squanto helped teach the colonists how to use the land
John Smith was the leader of this colony
A three-day harvest celebration at this colony is what we now celebrate today as Thanksgiving
John Rolfe's sweet-tasting tobacco plant became a cash crop for this colony
The Mayflower Compact was the plan of government for this colony
John White returned after three years to this colony to find it abandoned and the word "Croatoan" carved on a tree
Colony was founded on a swamp full of mosquitoes and disease
a settlement that is owned and governed by a country that is far away
cash crop grown in Jamestown
winter in the New World in which many colonists died from the cold, illness, and starvation
the plan of government the Pilgrims wrote
official document from the King of England giving a group of people permission to start a colony
England's first permanent settlement in present-day Virginia
English people who wanted to separate from the Church of England
The Puritans founded what colony?
Thomas Hooker founded what New England colony?
Roger Williams founded what colony after being banished from Massachusetts Bay?
King Charles gave John Mason and land grant to start what New England colony?
The New England region was known for ____?
The King of England gave land to his brother, the Duke of York, which later became known as what colony?
someone who owns land or property
The Duke of York gave some of his land to two of his friends named George Carteret and John Berkely. The land they received would become the colony of ____?
England's king gave land for this colony to a Quaker named William Penn
This colonial region is known for its large plantations, cash crops, and its dependency on slave labor.
This colony was often referred to as a "debtor's prison" since many were sent here to work off a debt that they owed.