Grab
Bag
Plymouth & Middle &
Jamestown
New England Southern
Terms and
Names
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year Jamestown
was founded
1607
Said, “He who
doesn’t work
doesn’t eat”
John Smith
What were the
3 G’s of European
Exploration?
Gold, Glory,
& God
Winter of 16091610 when colony
ran out of food
“Starving
time”
Governor who
arrived in 1610
with new colonists
and supplies
Lord De la Warr
Cash crop
introduced by John
Rolfe in 1612
Tobacco
Saved John Smith’s
life and married
John Rolfe
Pocahontas
Year African
slaves first
arrived in
Jamestown
1619
Funded the
Jamestown
colony
Virginia
Company
First elected
legislature in the
colonies
House of
Burgesses
Religious separatist
group that founded
Plymouth
Pilgrims
Colony where
Plymouth was
founded
Massachusetts
Native Americans
who helped Pilgrims
Squanto
and Samoset
Document to
establish a “civil
body politick” in
Plymouth
Mayflower
Compact
Colony established
by Thomas Hooker
for separate church
and state
Connecticut
Three-day feast
celebrated between
Pilgrims and Natives
Thanksgiving
First constitution
written for a colony
in America
Fundamental
Orders of
Connecticut
Group that
wanted to
“purify” the
Anglican
church
Puritans
Movement of
thousands of
Puritans to
America
Great
Migration
Major products of
the New England
colonies
fishing and
shipbuilding
Nickname for the
Middle Colonies
“Breadbasket”
Large farm with
slave labor producing
cash crops
plantation
Colony founded for
Quakers
Pennsylvania
Started as a
Dutch colony,
taken over by
English in 1664
New York
Tobacco, indigo,
and rice were
products of this
region
Southern
Colonies
Last colony founded
– refuge for debtors
Georgia
Region with
diversity and
religious
tolerance
Middle Colonies
Why did
Southern
Colonies have
few cities?
Plantations
were more
self-sufficient
Colony founded by
Lord Baltimore for
Catholics
Maryland
State church of the
Southern colonies
Anglican
(Church of
England)
Sold their labor
to pay debts
Indentured
servants
Funded
colonies by
selling stock to
investors
Joint-stock
company
Contract to
establish a
colony
charter
Signed in 1215
by King John to
limit powers of
the monarch
Magna Carta
crop raised to
sell for profit
cash crop
1689 document
that increased
powers of
Parliament and
the people
English Bill
of Rights
crop used to
make dark blue
dye
indigo
Land claimed by
a foreign country
outside its own
borders
colony
English
philosopher who
believed in
natural rights
John Locke
Rights that
cannot be
taken away –
“life, liberty…”
etc.
Unalienable
rights
French noble
who supported
three branches
of government
Charles de
Montesquieu
Which articles of
the Constitution
are influenced by
Montesquieu?
Articles I, II,
and III
British legal
scholar whose
books
influenced
U.S. law
William
Blackstone
What is this pattern
known as?
Triangular
Trade
Name three major
cash crops
produced by
colonial Southern
plantations
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Sugar cane