The English named their first colony on the North American continent Jamestown, but it failed when all the colonists mysteriously disappeared.
In order to set up a colony, organizers had to first obtain a charter from England's king.
Representative assemblies began in the colonies when the Virginia colonists elected representatives to an assembly called the Virginia Company.
After most of Jamestown's colonists died, John Rolfe took control of the colony and forced the remaining colonists to work to save it.
An agreement that some Pilgrims wrote to govern themselves was called the Mayflower Compact.
The Great Migration...
Which of the following is NOT a region in the colonies?
The Salem Witch Trials....
Who founded the colony that meant Penn's Woods and offered religious freedom?
Who gave land to his friends to found the colony of New Jersey?
What system allowed colonists to receive 50 acres of land if they paid their way to Virginia?
Originally settle by the Dutch, this colony was first named New Amsterdam?
Which colony was originally part of Pennsylvania before it broke away?
Which colony was founded by Lord Baltimore for Roman Catholics?
James Ogelthorpe founded this colony as a refuge for debtors.
Who helped settle the colony of Massachusetts?
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