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Roanoke 2 correct answers The first attempt at English colonization colonized by Sir Walter Raleigh. The colony mysteriously vanished. Founding of and Success of Virginia 2 correct answers The Virginia Company of London received a charter from King James I for a settlement in the new world. The main attractions were gold and land. It was successful because of John Rolfe and his founding of the tobacco company. Tobacco was the economic savior of the company. Roger Williams 2 correct answers Was a Separatist wanted a clean break with the Church of England and challenged the legality of the Bay of the Colony's charter. He founded a new settlement in Rhode Island and founded the first Baptist church. He established complete freedom of religion, no taxes to support a state church, sheltered the abused Quakers, demanded no oaths regarding religious beliefs, and no mandatory attendance at worship. Massachusetts Bay Colony 2 correct answers Formed by a group of non-Separist Puritans who feared for their faith and future got a royal charter from the king to form the Massachusetts Bay Colony. John Winthrop was the first governor and the colony eventually became the biggest and most prosperous of the New England outposts. Mayflower Compact 3 correct answers Agreement to form a crude government and to submit to the will of the majority under the regulations agreed upon. Promising step toward genuine self-government. Purpose of Georgia 3 correct answers The British created Georgia solely as a buffer. It would protect the valuable Carolinas against the Spaniards and the French. At first they wanted to keep slavery out of Georgia. Plymouth Bay Colony 3 correct answers Group of Separists from Holland traveled on the Mayflower to America and landed forming the Plymouth Bay Colony. Famous for the Mayflower Compact. This colony was never important economically or numerically but it was big both morally and spiritually. Pennsylvania 3 correct answers William Penn, a quaker, secured an immense grant of fertile land from the king-an area he called Pennsylvania- in honor of his dad. They treated Indians really well here, it was the most advertised of all the colonies, had legislative government, freedom of religion but forced by London not to allow Jews and Catholics, disliked black slavery, very modern, and had rich mix of ethnics. Characteristics of Chesapeake 4 correct answers Early on life as hard, nasty, brutish, and short. Diseases such as malaria, dysentery, and typhoid took a toll on many of the people there. Men outnumbered women 3:2. Families were few and there were many pregnancies in young girls. Later on they developed immunity to the diseases and Virginia soon became populous.