The English Colonies Vocabulary

The first colony in America, set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia

• Jamestown
• Roanoke
• Plymouth
• Salem

English Colonist to the Americas who helped found the Jamestown Colony and encouraged settlers to work harder and build better housing.

• John Smith
• George Washington
• Pocahontas
• Christopher Columbus

A voyage that brought enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean to North America and West Indies.

• Transatlantic Crossing
• Middle Passage
• Atlantic Journey
• Slave Route

A colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years.

• immigrant
• indentured servant
• slave
• settler

American Indian princess, and she was later taken prisoner by the English, converted on Christianity, and married colonist John Rolfe.

• Squanto
• Sacagawea
• Pocahontas
• Geronimo

Quaker leader who founded a colony for Quakers in Pennsylvania; the colony provided an important example of representative self-government and became a model of freedom and tolerance.

• William Penn
• Thomas Jefferson
• George Washington
• John Smith

A Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime, the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America.

• Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
• Maryland Christian Rights Act of 1649
• Maryland Religious Rights Act of 1649
• Maryland Freedom Act of 1649

A crop that is continuously in demand

• Perennial crops
• Genetically modified crops
• Organic crops
• Staple Crops

An attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against Native Americans and the colonial government in Virginia.

• Powhatan Uprising
• Pocahontas Revolt
• Jamestown Insurrection
• Bacon's Rebellion

A political meeting at which people make decisions on local issues; used primarily in New England

• community gathering
• village assembly
• town meeting
• neighborhood conference