Name: _________________________________________________ Period: __________
U.S. History – The Early Colonial Settlements – Plymouth, Roanoke, and Jamestown
Roanoke Island (Lost Colony)
—____________________________________________ asked Queen Elizabeth of _____________________ if he could lead a
group of people to begin a colony in the _______________.
—Queen Elizabeth gave Raleigh a ___________________ (a document that allowed colonists to live on land
owned by their country.)
Roanoke Island (1st Time)
—In _____________________, the first English people tried to begin a colony.
—This became the __________________________ colony in the ____________________.
—It failed due to _________________________ and __________________________ with the _____________________________.
—All but _____________________ men went back to England on a ship.
Roanoke Island (2nd Time)
—In ____________________, Raleigh sent colonists a second time.
—The _________________ men that had stayed behind the 1st time had been ______________ by then.
—___________________________ was the colony’s ___________________________________.
—This time, the colonist brought their _____________________ and _____________________________.
—John White’s granddaughter, ____________________________________ was born 1 month after they arrived in
the USA on August 18 the _____________________________ baby born in the USA.
Spanish Armada
—In 1588, ___________________________________ decided to attack England.
—The English __________________________ the all powerful Spanish Armada because they had _________________
ships and a violent storm helped destroy the Spanish ships.
The Lost Colony
—___________________ returned in August 1590 to find no colonists on _______________________ Island.
—On one of the trees was written _____________________________.
—___________________________ was the name of an island nearby as well as the name of the Native Americans
living in the area.
Ending the Good Relations with the Native Americans
-Because the 15 men had been _______________________ by Native Americans, John White decided that they
should pay the Native Americans back.
-He ordered his men to attack the the _____________________________ since supposedly, they were the ones who
had killed the 15 men.
-However, they instead attacked the ___________________________ Native Americans who had been their
friends and helped them. After the battle, the _______________________ were ___________________.
-This forced John White to have to go back to England for more __________ and ______________________.
Jamestown Colony
—In 1606, _________________________________________ gave permission to the Virginia Company of London to try
a _______________________.
—____________________________________ led the three ships, Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery to
_________________________________________.
Jamestown
—On May 14, 1607, the settlers began building the first English permanent settlement on the
__________________________________________________.
—Jamestown was named after the ___________________________________and Virginia was named after the
___________________________________________________________
Reasons for Jamestown Difficulties
—Not ______________________in how to plant __________________ in Virginia.
—Little knowledge of Virginia ____________________________.
—Not enough people in the Jamestown settlement especially _________________________________.
—Native American ________________________
Supplies
—___________________________________ was used in every part of life, from ________________ and gathering food to
children’s ___________________.
—Weapons Coins
—Food Supplies
—The animal bones from food supplies found in a pit dating back before 1610 showed that the 104 men
and boys who landed at Jamestown survived primarily on ____________________ and ________________________!
John Smith
—_________________________________ was the leader of the colony.
—He was saved by ________________________________, a Powhatan Native American.
—Smith was a hard leader but his ___________________________ is what kept the colony _________________.
John Rolfe
—John Rolfe in 1614 found a way to harvest ________________________.
—This quickly became the ___________________________ of Virginia.
—He also married _________________________________ in 1614 and thus created peace with the Powhatan
Native Americans for 8 years.
1619
—_________________________________________ were brought to the USA for the 1st time.
—The first time the House of Burgesses met. (Government)
—1620 ___________________________ Came to the colonies.
Plymouth Colony
—The King of England, _____________________________ rebelled against the ________________________ Church and
started his own Church called the _________________________________.
—These people became known as _________________________________.
—In 1620, _______________________________ decided to take the ________________________ and settle in the USA.
Pilgrims at Plymouth
__________________________________ was the leader of the colony.
Before landing, they wrote an agreement called the _____________________________ This was the first English
_________________________________ in the USA.
They settled in Cape Cod/New England.
Native Americans of New England
—The Native Americans had a _________________________ or leader.
—Massasoit was the leader of the Wampanoag.
—Squanto and Samoset helped the ________________________ survive the first hard years.
Thanksgiving
—______________________________________, The Pilgrims invited the Native Americans to a _______________ feast to
_______________ them for helping them make it through a difficult year.
—The first national Thanksgiving was in _________________ for the 13 colonies.
—George Washington proclaimed a National Day of Thanksgiving in __________________.