5a Colonization: Early English Settlements

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Roanoke Island was established ___.

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as an economic venture

Front

___ was the first permanent English settlement.

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Jamestown

Front

___ was settled by separatists from the Church of England.

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Plymouth

Front

____ was settled by Puritans to avoid religious persecution.

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Massachusetts Bay

Front

___ was settled by the Quakers, who wanted freedom to practice their faith without interference.

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Pennsylvania

Front

___ was settled by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England.

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Georgia

Front

Georgia was settled by people who hoped to experience ___ and start a new life in the New World.

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economic freedom

Front

Why did the Pilgrims leave to start a new colony in North America?

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to avoid religious persecution

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___ was an economic venture started by the Virginia Company.

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Jamestown

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___ is also known as the Lost Colony because the colonists seemed to have vanished and no survivors were found.

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Roanoke Island