Chapter 3 Flashcards
(42 cards)
Who established roanoke?
Sir Walter Raleigh
What was the word left behind on roanoke island that john white saw when he returned?
Croatoan
What are documents that rights to estanlish settlements from king james I?
A charter
What is a joint stock company?
Where investors buy stock to help set the settlement up and oncemprofits are made, the investors get a percentage of it.
What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?
Jamestown
Who was the first govoner of the Jamestown Settlement?
Captian John Smith
What was the time period called when the powhaten stopped providing food for the colonists?
The starving time
What crop saved jamestown?
Tobacco
Who married the daughter of cheif powhaten, pocahontas?
John Rolfe
What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?
The house of burgesses
Who was the offical church of england after the protestant reformation?
The anglican church
Who were the protestants who wantedbto leave and set up their own churches?
Separists
Who were the separistist who came to the colonies for religous freedom?
Pilgrams
What was the name of the ship the pilgrams came to america on?
The Mayflower
What percentage of pilgrams passed away after their first winter?
50%
Who were the two people that showed the pilgrams how to grow crops and where to hunt and fish?
Squanto and Samoset
What native american group participated in the first thanksgiving?
Wamponaog
Who wasbthe first leader of the pilgrams and wrote the book of plymouth plantation?
William Bradford
Whatbwas the puritan society that was based on the bible?
The massachuttes bay colony
Who was the puritan that was the govenor of the mass. Bay colony?
John Winthrop
What happened during the salem witch trials?
A series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft where many were falsey accused and killed
What city and colony did thomas hooker establish?
Connecuit
What was the first english settlement in America?
Roanoke
What city and colony did thomas hooker establish?
Hartford connecuict
