Early Settlers

What is a colony? A group of people who...

• Leave their country to settle on new land

• Leave and return back to their country

• Don't like each other

• Leave their country

What is a fancy term for "Moving to another country as a group"?

• Populate

• Decolonize

• Colonization

• Depopulate

What was one reason for colonization?

• Just because they wanted too

• Money

• To eat different foods

• To meet new people

What was another reason for colonization?

• Religion

• Start wars

• Build new houses

• Have trading routes

What were some of the challenges they faced in their new world?

• wealth

• Dangerous and unknown territory

• Native American relations

• lack of food

What were other challenges the colonists faced?

• Being far away from home.

• Spreading of diseases.

• Religion

• Cash Crops

What word was carved in a tree post in the Roanoke Colony?

• Hi

• English Settlers

• Croatoan

• 531-0998

If the settlers didn't get rich in GOLD, what did they successfully do to get rich?

What are some examples of cash crops that the settlers grew and sold?

Why were trading routes important to have for the Settlers?

• To sail around in

• To trade their goods for other goods

• To meet new people

• To fight against each other