Early English Settlements

A small community created by settlers in a new territory

• County

• Settlement

• State

• Continent

What is the reason John White was delayed returning to Roanoke

• The change in season

• He wanted to wait for arrival of granddaughter

• England was fighting war with Spain and his ships were not permitted to return

• He was sick and unable to travel

Why is Roanoke called the "Lost Colony?"

• It was a Nick-Name it it stuck

• When John White returned three years later, there was no sign of settlers and everything was gone.

• When John White returned, he could not find the colony.

• When John White returned, the settlers were hiding from him.

What was the problem with the original sight of Jamestown?

• The government

• Wildlife Dangers

• Religion

• Wet land with Bad Weather

Why was Virginia considered more democratic than England?

• The President said so

• Elected representatives made the laws in Virginia

• England was practicing government with Elected representatives

• Virgina was in the East

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth cam in search of _________

• Family

• Religious Freedom

• New Food

• New World

A plan of government drawn up by the men of the Mayflower.

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Constitution

• Mayflower Compact

• Rubric

Comared with Jamestown and Plymouth, the Roanoke settlement was _______

• later

• earlier

• same time

• never

The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different __________________

• Resources

• People

• Landforms

• Leaders

Plantations specialized in producing_________________

• small crops

• cash crops

• slave auction

• medium crops