USH Unit 1 Practice Questions

First permanent British settlement in North America. Home to John Smith, John Rolfe, the Powhatan tribe including Pocahontas, and tobacco.

Saved Jamestown- declared that those who don't work, won't eat

figured out how to grow tobacco that Europeans would buy- saved Jamestown by providing a way to make money

joint-stock company that founded Virginia, goal was to make money

Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Maryland. Depended on agriculture and slavery, developed very few big towns because most settlements were spread out plantations

Began 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 treatment

Southern colony where first permanent British colony began

founded as a safe colony for Catholics, Southern colony

grew lots of rice and indigo, Southern Colony

last colony; founded to keep the Spanish away from British colonies and as a place for people in debt to start a new life

founded by Puritans, later absorbed Plymouth colony, ended up as strict religious Massachusetts in New England region

founded by the group called pilgrims who were a type of Puritan. Later merged with the Massachusetts colony. This is where the first Thanksgiving was held

founded because Roger William believed in separation of Church and state- it's a New England colony but wasn't as strict as most Puritan towns

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire. Known for subsistence farming, fishing, shipbuilding, and trade. Strict religious beliefs

in town in Massachusetts, showed how seriously Puritans took religious matters