Chapter 3

Question 1

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 1

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Croatoan

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Charters

Question 4

What is a joint-stock company?

Answer 4

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

Question 5

What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?

Answer 5

Jamestown

Question 6

Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

Answer 6

John Smith

Question 7

What was the time period called when the Powhatan stopped providing food for the colonists?

Answer 7

The Starving Time

Question 8

What crop saved Jamestown?

Answer 8

Tobacco

Question 9

Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

Answer 9

John Rolfe

Question 10

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

Answer 10

The House Of Burgesses

Question 11

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

Answer 11

The Anglican church

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Puritans

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Separatists

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Pilgrams

Question 15

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

Answer 15

The Mayflower

Question 16

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 16

About 50%

Question 17

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

Answer 17

Squanto and Samoset

Question 18

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 18

Wampanoag

Question 19

Who was the first leader of the Pilgrims and wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation?

Answer 19

William Bradford

Question 20

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

Answer 20

The Massachussets Bay Colony

Question 21

Who was the Puritan that was the governor of the Mass. Bay Colony?

Answer 21

John Wintrop

Question 22

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 22

Many Puritans were falsely accused and many Puritans were killed

Question 23

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 23

Hartford,Connecticut

Question 24

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 24

It was the 1st written constitution in America

Question 25

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

Answer 25

New Netherland

Question 26

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

Answer 26

New Amsterdam

Question 27

After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?

Answer 27

New York

Question 28

What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?

Answer 28

Pennsylvania

Question 29

What religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other people’s views?

Answer 29

Quaker

Question 30

What is a pacifist?

Answer 30

People who refuse to go to war

Question 31

Quakers were much more accepting of what two groups of people than others in the colonies at this time?

Answer 31

Native Americans and Women

Question 32

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 32

Plantations

Question 33

What were indentured servants?

Answer 33

Someone who works for free for food,shelter,and a trip to America

Question 34

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 34

Roanoke

Question 35

What colony was founded by George Calvert

Answer 35

Maryland

Question 36

The law that granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely

Answer 36

Act of Toleration

Question 37

What is the cultural boundary between the northern and southern colonies?

Answer 37

Mason-Dixon line

Question 38

Who led a rebellion and was "the greatest rebel in Virginia"?

Answer 38

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 39

Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 39

James Ogleforke

Question 40

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 40

As a buffer state between the English and Spanish colonies and as a way for others to escape debt

Question 41

What was the colony founded in new France?

Answer 41

Louisiana

Question 42

Which country had the best relations with the NA at this time?

Answer 42

France