First English Colonies
Name: ______________________ Date: ____________
Write the letter of the matching definition next to each term.
1. THANKSGIVING
A. One of the colonists from England who sailed to America on the Mayflower and founded the colony (plural)
2. PILGRIMS
B. Plant dried and smoked in cigarettes
3. MAGNACARTA
C. A member of the United States House of ___
4. PARLIAMENT
D. Capital of the state of North Carolina
5. REPRESENTATIVE
E. English writer of satirical novels (plural)
6. BURGESSES
F. The royal charter of political rights given to rebellious English barons by King John in 1215
7. TOBACCO
G. A native or inhabitant of ___ (plural)
8. SMITH
H. A legislative assembly in certain countries
9. RALEIGH
I. A document incorporating an institution and specifying its rights
10. CHARTER
J. United States sculptor
11. POCAHONTAS
K. A Powhatan woman who befriended the English at Jamestown and is said to have saved Captain John
12. AFRICANS
L. Fourth Thursday in November in the United States