Chapter 3 Flashcards

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What was the first English settlement in America?

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Roanoke

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Who sent the Spanish Armada to try and convert England back to Catholicism?

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King Phillip 2

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Who established Roanoke?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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What was the word left behind on Roanoke Island that John White saw when he returned?

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Croatoan

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What are documents that gave rights to establish settlements from King James I?

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Charters

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What is a joint-stock company?

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Investors buy stock to help set the settlement up & once profits are reached the investors get a percentage.

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Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

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Captain John Smith

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What crop saved Jamestown?

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Tobacco

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Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

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John Rolfe

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What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

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House of Burgesses

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What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?

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Anglican Church

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Who were the Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church?

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Puritans

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Who were the Protestants who wanted to leave and set up their own churches?

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Separatists

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Who were the separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom?

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Pilgrims

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What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America on?

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Mayflower

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What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

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50%

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Who were the two people showed the Pilgrims how to grow crops and where to hunt and fish?

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Squanto and Samoset

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What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

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Wampanoag Indians

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What was the Puritan society that was based on the Bible?

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Massachusetts Bay Company

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What was the Great Migration?

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During the 1630’s, over 15,000 Puritans went to Mass. to escape persecution & economic struggles in England.

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What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

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Hartdford, Connecticut

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What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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1st written constitution in America

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What was the Native American name for King Phillip?

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What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?

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New Netherlands

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What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?
New Amsterdam on Manhattan Island
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What was the name of the landowners who received grants to increase New Netherland's population?
Patroons
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After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?
New York
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What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?
Pennsylvania
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What religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other people’s views?
Quaker
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Who is a pacifists?
People who refuse to fight in wars or use force
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What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?
Plantations
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What were indentured servants?
Laborers under contract to an employer in exchange for their transportation, food and lodging.
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What colony was founded by George Calvert?
Maryland
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What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?
Act of Toleration
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What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?
The Mason-Dixon Line
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Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?
Nathanial Bacon
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What were the two main crops mentioned about North Carolina?
Tobacco & timber
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What were the two main crops mentioned about South Carolina?
Rice & indigo
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What was the colony founded in New France?
Louisiana
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Who were settlers that paid their landlord an annual rent & worked a fixed number of days each year?
Tenant farmers
40
Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?
France
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What three types of people did the Spanish send to settle New Mexico?
soldiers, settlers & missionaries
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What were missions?
Religious settlements to concert North Americans to Catholicism