These colonists were members of the 'northern branch' of the Virginia Company. However, in 1607, an earlier group of settlers created a colony called Popham, in what is now the state of Maine. The 'Pilgrims,' a group of English separatists who later became associated with the 'First Thanksgiving,' arrived in the area now known as New England in 1620 and founded the Plymouth colony. QUESTION 4) The 'Pilgrims' founded the first colony in the area now known as 'New England.'ĪNSWER: FALSE. Finally, some people left England simply to find adventure and new opportunities.

Colonists also recruited others - such as blacksmiths and barrel makers - because of their skills or trades. Wealthier colonists had often provided large sums of money to the companies which journeyed to the New World, and wanted to keep an eye on their investments. Many colonists came to escape poverty in England, and dreamed of owning their own houses and farms. Some had heard tales of fabulous riches in the New World, and hoped to find huge quantities of gold and silver. However, many colonists came to the New World for other reasons. Settlers founded the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies because they were unhappy with the Church of England. Some seventeenth century English colonists came to the New World seeking religious freedom. QUESTION 3) All English colonists in the seventeenth century came to the New World seeking religious freedom.ĪNSWER: FALSE. But thinking that the Pilgrims and their contemporaries wore black and white outfits adorned with buckles is like thinking that most people in 2003 dress the way people did in the early 1930s. over 70 years after the first permanent colonies in New England. Illustrators in the nineteenth century, three hundred years later, depicted the colonists with buckles on their hats and shoes because at that time, buckles were considered old-fashioned.īuckles did came in to fashion late in the seventeenth century and early in the eighteenth century. Early colonists did not wear buckles on their shoes, hats, or clothes. Colonists commonly wore colors such as brown, gray, green, beige, red, blue, and purple. Black cloth was expensive and hard to obtain, so colonists wore black clothing only on Sundays or for other special occasions (if they had any at all). Contrary to popular belief, early English colonists during the 1620s and 1630s did not usually wear black suits or skirts with white collars and cuffs. Men decorated their clothing, shoes, and hats with large buckles.ĪNSWER: FALSE. QUESTION 2) The English colonists of the 1620s and 1630s usually wore black and white clothing. The first colony in what is now Virginia was Jamestown, and it was founded by the English in 1607. Augustine, in what is now the state of Florida.

The Spanish founded the first permanent European colony in North America at St. QUESTION 1) The first European colony in the New World was in what is now the state of Virginia, and it was founded by the English.ĪNSWER: FALSE.

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