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Who was the Protestant queen of England who encouraged colonization of the New World?
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| Who was the first modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America? |
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| Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world? |
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| Established the "lost colony" of Roanoke |
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| Who was the first English child born in America? |
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| Who was the King of England who chartered the colonization of Virginia? |
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| Who saved Jamestown from self-destruction by ruling that anyone who didn't work, didn't eat? |
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| Who introduced tobacco to Jamestown? |
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| Who was the Separatist pastor who led Scrooby congregation to Leyden, Holland? |
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| Who was the Indian who befriended the Pilgrims at Plymouth colony, serving as a guide and interpreter and teaching them to hunt, fish, and plant crops? |
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| Who married the Indian princess Pocahontas? |
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| Who was the pastor of the Pilgrim congregation in Plymouth? |
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| Who was the first governor of Plymouth? |
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Who was the second governor of Plymouth?
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| English colony founded off the coast of North Caroline and its settlers vanished without a trace. |
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| What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World? |
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| What is the name of the Dutch city where the Scrooby congregation (Pilgrims) settled before immigrating to America? |
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| Who wrote "History of Plymouth Plantation"? |
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| Which colony was founded by the Pilgrims in what is now called Massachusetts? |
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| What is the Socialist system in which each man placed the fruit of his labor in a common storehouse, and each took from the storehouse according to his need. |
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| businessmen invested in a single company to support a colonizing venture in hopes of profit |
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| What was the joint-stock company in London which obtained a charter from King James I to settle southern Virginia? |
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| What was the joint-stock company in London which obtained a charter from King James I to settle northern Virginia? |
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| A person who had his passage to America paid by an established colonist and, in return, agreed to work for his benefactor without pay for an agreed upon period of time |
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| Successful economic system in which individuals are free to make a living according to their own enterprise. |
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| An exmple to be followed in the future |
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| What is the representative assembly that met at Jamestown to advise the governor and assist him in making laws? |
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| a colony owned by the king and administered by his royal governor. |
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| Those who did not conform to the Church of England |
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| Who were those who wanted to "purify" the Church of England from within? |
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| Who were those that wanted to withdraw completely from the Church of England and form their own independent churches? |
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| Who were separatists from Scrooby, England, who came to the New World for freedom of worship and the chance for a better life? |
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| What was the name of the ship on which the Pilgrims sailed to the New World? |
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| Non-Separatists who sailed with the Pilgrims to the New World |
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What was the temporary charter signed by the Pilgrims and Strangers?
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| What is remembered as the first American history book? |
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History of Plymouth Plantation
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| What was the general assembly in which the freemen of Plymouth colony ment to pass laws and conduct the business of the colony? |
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| What believed in independent churches in New England in which each congregation governed itself? |
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| The Congregational Church |
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| What year was Jamestown founded? |
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| Why did the common-store system fail? |
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| Some worked hard to contribute to the storehouse, but others had no initiative. With everyone benefiting from the storehouse but only a few contributing to it, the food supply was quickly depleted. |
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| Who led his congregation of Separatists from England to Holland to escape persecution and to gain religious freedom? |
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| Who introduced the tobacco crop to the colonists? |
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| Where did English businessmen obtain money to establish a settlement? |
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| What representative assembly acted as an advisory body to the governor of the Virginia colony? |
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| What did the Puritans hope to "purify"? |
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| What brought thousands of Puritans to New England? |
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| What did Sir Walter Raleigh establish? |
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| What was the colony made of Separatists and "Strangers"? |
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| When was the founding of the Plymouth Colony? |
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