13 Colonies Riddles?

1636 Puritan minister Thomas Hooker led congregation from Massachusetts here. Hooker made a plan of government, a constitution, called Fundamental Orders of -------------. In 1637 settlers from here attacked Pequot Indian's main fort killing 500.

• Plymouth

• Connecticut

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

Great spot for lookout of Spanish ships. Swampy land filled with mosquitoes and lacked good drinking water. During Starving Time, people fought for roots, acorns, and insects. John Smith and John Rolfe leaders. House of Burgesses was the government.

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

Pacifist and anti-slavery Quakers called my colony home. We distributed pamphlets that described colony’s beauty and richness. We also treated the Native Americans fairly, paying them for their land. German speaking peoples also settled in my Susquehanna and Schuylkill Valleys.

• New York

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Ohio

Duke of York could not manage our land. Therefore, he gave our land to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. We were East and West until 1702 when King made us Royal Colony of __________.

• Virginia

• New Jersey

• New York

• Maine

Established by the Puritans from England John Winthrop called me a “Shining City upon a Hill.” 17,000+ people traveled across Atlantic in the Great Migration. Plymouth became part of my colony.

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• Massachusetts

• South Carolina

Founded by 8 aristocrats and was settled by residents of Virginia for their new plantations. I sold tobacco and Naval Stores, such as tar, pitch and turpentine, used in shipbuilding.

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• Virginia

• North Carolina

Originally a Dutch colony called New Netherlands until British sent four warships into harbor at New Amsterdam. People choose not to fight and was renamed and part of British Empire. Large Dutch landowners called Patroons enforced laws on estates.

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Delaware

• Connecticut

Founded by Sir Walter Raleigh and many British adventures looking for Gold. Failed and no one knows exactly what happened to the people.

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Vermont

• Roanoke

Founded by Roger Williams. Many residents wanted to escape Puritan Massachusetts and enjoy Religious Toleration.

• Georgia

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

Jamestown became part of colony. Biggest and richest of the Southern colonies. Tobacco grown on plantations became one of most valuable crops.

• Virginia

• Maryland

• Ohio

• Maine