First Settlers

Question 1

1620

Answer 1

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Question 2

First settlers

Answer 2

Financed by a group of London investors, who wanted to increase their economic opportunities by developing new settlements.

Question 3

Story purpose

Answer 3

3 ships carrying 143 men and boys left England in December 1606, in search of gold and a route to the Indies.

Question 4

Results

Answer 4

5 months later. Ships landed at Virginia. Jamestown.
Swampy peninsula full of polluted water and infested by malaria mosquitoes.
London Co.wasted time looking for the route and gold
38 survived and next year others joined.

Question 5

Pilgrims

Answer 5

1620-Group that opposed rites of the Church of England and separated from the Puritans, decided to establish a colony. They borrowed money for fares

Question 6

Mayflower

Answer 6

Left England September 1620, arrived at Plymouth November 1620. Clear of Natives.

Question 7

1630

Answer 7

Boston. Prosperous landowners, merchants, ministers.

17 ships loaded with food, clothing, livestock.

Question 8

Landowners, merchants, and ministers.

Answer 8

Religious freedom.

Perfect society, where church and state were one.

Question 9

1607

Answer 9

Jamestown, Virginia

John Smith

Question 10

Captain John Smith

Answer 10

Held prisoner

Question 11

Cabeza de Vaca

Answer 11

In 1528!
Florida. Shipwrecked on Texas coast. Held captive but escaped.
Mexico part