COLONIES QR

What was the actual first Colony:

Roanoke Colony in 1585

Roanoke Colony:

sponsor-Sir Walter Raleigh, governor- John White: disappeared with CROATON on tree

First Colony:

Jamestown (Virginia)

Jamestown:

Captain John Smith & John Rolfe (introduced tobacco): “Starving Time” period & tobacco

In what colony was the Mayflower Compact passed?

Plymouth

Plymouth (Massachusetts)

governor- William Bradford, Military- Miles Standish: Pilgrims passed Mayflower Compact & First Thanksgiving with WAMPANOAG Indians

Massachusetts Bay Company (Massachusetts)

governor- John Winthrop: Puritans & theocratic government

Maryland:

founder- Lord Baltimore, governor- Cecilius Calvert: Catholics & Act of Toleration (1649)

What was New York originally called:

New Amsterdam (Dutch)

New York (New Amsterdam):

governor- Peter Stoyvesant: 1644- became New York after Duke of York

Rhode Island:

founders- Roger Williams & Anne Hutchinson: religious haven

Connecticut:

founder- Thomas Hooker: Puritans & Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

What was the first written Constitution?

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

North Carolina and South Carolina were…

Originally called Carolina and was a proprietary colony

Carolinas:

Split in 1712: had a plantation-based economy (rice & indigo) &  John Locke wrote Constitution

Who wrote the Constitution for the Carolinas?

John Locke

Who was the founder of Connecticut?

Thomas Hooker

What colony was a ‘religious haven’?

Rhode Island

What Colony passed the Act of Toleration in 1649?

Maryland

During this colony, the first Thanksgiving took place. What colony was this and with what Indian group?

Plymouth →Wampanoag