Columbus and English Settlement

This settlement founded in 1607 became the first successful English colony.

Puritan leaders used this in an attempt to increase the membership in the Puritan church by removing conversion experiences from the requirement to be a member for second generation puritans.

Church fees

Half-way Covenant

Indentured servitude

Mecantilism

King Philip's War resulted in

The lasting defeat of New England's Indians

France moving into Canada

The formation of a powerful alliance that led to the defeat of the Puritans

The last victory for the Native Americans

Who was Powhatan?

A Native American chief who made peace with the Pilgrims and helped them through their first winter

A Native American chief who ruled over much of the Virginia territory when English settlers arrived

A Native American chief who was shot and killed by New Englanders in Rhode Island

The first African slave to arrive in Virginia by way of the Middle Passage

Bacon's Rebellion resulted from Nathaniel Bacon's sympathy with the problems faced by

Religious Separatists

The Governor of Virginia

Wealthy Planters and landowners

Colonial farmers on the frontier

Which of the following turned Jamestown into a profitable colony?

Gold

Corn

Tobacco

Timber

As founder of Rhode Island, Roger Williams

Established religious freedom for all but catholics

Demanded attendance at worship

Established complete religious freedom for all

Became a wealthy man

Virginia Company was

A militia formed in Jamestown

An investment group that established Massachusetts Bay Colony

A joint-stock company that established Jamestown

An electric corporation that supplied electricity to rural Virginians in 1639

Development of slavery in the colonies

Occurred in Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1715

Was established in Jamestown to deal with a shortage of labor

Was halted by King George III in the Proclamation of 1763

Occurred slowly and almost not at all

Who was the colonial leader that established the colony of Rhode Island?

John Hancock

Richard Henry Lee

Benjamin Franklin

Roger Williams

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