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41 Cards in this Set
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A wild, empty land that has not been settled |
wilderness |
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Who was the powerful ruler of England in 1585? |
Queen Elizabeth I |
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A good friend of the queen that asked her for permission to begin a colony |
Sir Walter Raleigh |
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An early English colony in America that disappeared |
Roanoke |
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Another name for the Roanoke colony |
The Lost Colony |
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The name given to England's land in America |
Virginia |
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The name of the first English child born in America |
Virginia Dare |
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FIll in the Blanks
In 1588 England won the war with Spain in what is called the________ __________ __________ __________ ____________. |
defeat of the Spanish Armada |
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FIll in the Blank
Carved on a tree was the word ______________, the name of another island where the friendly Indians lived. |
Croatoan |
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True or False
The first English colony in America was successful. |
False |
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What happened to Roanoke? |
it disappeared |
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A wild, empty land that has not been settled |
wilderness |
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business men |
merchant |
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an official permit to start settlements |
charter |
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combination house, fort, and church |
Common House |
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When a group of people makes plans to governor rule themselves |
self-government |
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A written promise or agreement |
treaty |
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Englishman who tried to start the colony of Roanoke in America |
Sir Walter Raleigh |
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An English king who wanted to have a successful colony in America |
King James I |
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A group of merchants who paid for he funding of Jamestown |
London Company |
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Three ships which brought the Jamestown settlers to America |
Susan Constant, Godspeed, Discovery |
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Leader of the Jamestown colony who said,"He that does not work shall not eat." |
Captain John Smith |
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Fill in the blanks "He that does not _______ shall not _________." |
work eat |
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Englishmen who wanted to separate from the Church of England |
separatists |
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Ship that brought the Pilgrims to America |
Mayflower |
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People on board the Mayflower who were not Separatists |
Strangers |
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Name given to the Strangers and Separatists who traveled together on the Mayflower |
Pilgrims |
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The first written agreement for self-government in America |
Mayflower Compact |
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The governor of Plymouth |
John Carver |
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The Pilgrims' minister |
Elder Brewster |
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Soldier chosen by the Pilgrims to guide them in dealing with the Indians and in building a settlement |
Captain Miles Standish |
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Friendly Indians who helped the English settlers |
Samoset, Squanto, Massassoit |
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Governor of Plymouth for nearly 36 years |
William Bradford |
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The name of William Bradford's writings about the history of Plymouth |
Of Plymouth Plantation |
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England's first permeant settlement in the New World |
Jamestown |
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Bay on which Jamestown was built |
Chesapeake Bay |
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Area where the Pilgrims settled |
Massachusetts |
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Settlement founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 |
Plymouth |
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What year did England defeat the Spanish Armada? |
1588 |
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What year was Jamestown founded? |
1607 |
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What year was Plymoth founded? |
1620 |