Quiz Tomorrow on Jamestown and Plymouth

Study Guide

Jamestown – the first permanent English settlement in America

Sir Walter Raleigh – financed the colony of Roanoke

Lost Colony – early English settlement on Roanoke Island, that mysteriously disappeared between the time of its founding (1587) and the return of the expedition’s leader in 1590.

John Smith – English adventurer who told colonists “to work or starve”

John Rolfe – Virginia colonist who introduced tobacco

charter – a legal document granting permission to settle a certain area

House of Burgesses – the first representative assembly in the English colonies

burgess- elected representatives in Virginia

Powhatan – the leader of the Native Americans in the Jamestown area

Pilgrims – the English settlers that left England for Plymouth

Separatists – people who wanted to separate from the Church of England

Mayflower – the ship the Pilgrims sailed on to reach Plymouth

Mayflower Compact – the document signed by 41 men aboard the Mayflower because the charter was not valid

established church – the national church as determined by the monarch

William Bradford – the first governor of Plymouth colony

Miles Standish – He led the exploration for a suitable site for a settlement

Squanto – Native American who helped the Pilgrims plant Indian corn, pumpkins, and squash.

Thanksgiving – harvest celebration held in Plymouth

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What did the Jamestown colony almost fail?

Where did the Pilgrims live before coming to America?