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- Q1First permanent British settlement in North America. Home to John Smith, John Rolfe, the Powhatan tribe including Pocahontas, and tobacco.New Amsterdam, New NetherlandMassachusetts Bay, MassachusettsJamestown, VirginiaProvidence, Rhode Island30s
- Q2Saved Jamestown- declared that those who don't work, won't eatJohn RolfeWilliam PennRoger WilliamsJohn Smith30s
- Q3figured out how to grow tobacco that Europeans would buy- saved Jamestown by providing a way to make moneyJohn WinthropJohn SmithJohn RolfeNathaniel Bacon30s
- Q4joint-stock company that founded Virginia, goal was to make moneyVirginia CompanyFraggle RockPlymouth RockPuritans, Co.30s
- Q5Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland. Depended on agriculture and slavery, developed very few big towns because most settlements were spread out plantationsSouthern coloniesMiddle ColoniesMid-Atlantic ColoniesNew England Colonies30s
- Q6Began when poor colonists who had been indentured servants began to have problems with American Indians as they moved west. Nathaniel gathered an army, Governor Berkley of Virginia said "You can't do that!" and Nathaniel led his army to burn Jamestown. Resulted in increase in slavery but showed that poor colonists were willing to fight for better treatmentMetacom's WarAll of theseKing Philip's WarBacon's Rebellion30s
- Q7Southern colony where first permanent British colony beganMassachusettsVirginiaCarolinaFlorida30s
- Q8founded as a safe colony for Catholics, Southern colonyMarylandGeorgiaVirginiaRhode Island30s
- Q9grew lots of rice and indigo, Southern ColonyNorth CarolinaVirginiaSouth CarolinaGeorgia30s
- Q10last colony; founded to keep the Spanish away from British colonies and as a place for people in debt to start a new lifeNew HampshireGeorgiaDelawareConnecticut30s
- Q11founded by Puritans, later absorbed Plymouth colony, ended up as strict religious Massachusetts in New England regionMassachussetts Bay ColonyMaineProvidencePennsylvania30s
- Q12founded by the group called pilgrims who were a type of Puritan. Later merged with the Massachusetts colony. This is where the first Thanksgiving was heldJamestownMarylandSavannahPlymouth Rock30s
- Q13founded because Roger William believed in separation of Church and state- it's a New England colony but wasn't as strict as most Puritan townsMassachusettsNew YorkRhode IslandPennsylvania30s
- Q14Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire. Known for subsistence farming, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. Strict religious beliefsSouthern ColoniesMid-Atlantic ColoniesNew England or New England coloniesMiddle Colonies30s
- Q15in town in Massachusetts, showed how seriously Puritans took religious mattersSeparation of church and stateKing Philip's WarHouse of BurgessesSalem witch trials30s