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

Answer 3

Charters

Question 4

What is a joint-stock company?

Answer 4

Investors buy stocks to help the settlements then once they start getting profits the investors get a certain amount of the money

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

Captain John Smith

Question 7

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

Answer 7

“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

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

Seperatists (seperate)

Question 14

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 14

The Wampanoag

Question 15

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

Answer 15

William Bradford

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 17

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

Answer 17

John Winthrop

Question 18

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 18

A series of persecutions were many innoccent people accused of being a witch were persecuted/killed

Question 19

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 19

Hartford,Conneticut

Question 20

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 20

They were the 1st written Constitution in America

Question 21

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

Answer 21

New Netherlands

Question 22

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

Answer 22

New Amsterdam

Question 23

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

Answer 23

New York

Question 24

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

Answer 24

Pennsylvania

Question 25

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

Answer 25

Quakers

Question 26

What is a pacifist?

Answer 26

Someone who doesn't want to fight in wars/didn't like violence

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Women and Native Americans

Question 28

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 28

Plantations

Question 29

What were indentured servants?

Answer 29

People who work for a certain amount of time (documented in a contract) for transportation, food, and shelter in America

Question 30

What colony was founded by George Calvert?

Answer 30

Maryland

Question 31

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 31

"The Act of Tolerance"

Question 32

What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?

Answer 32

The Mason-Dixon Line

Question 33

Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?

Answer 33

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 34

Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 34

James Oglethorpe

Question 35

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 35

To be a Buffer state to help with war between Spain and England, plus it was a place were the lower class had a chance to get a fresh start in life

Question 36

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 36

(Louisiana) New Orleans

Question 37

Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?

Answer 37

France

Question 38

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 38

Roanoke

Question 39

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

Answer 39

The Pilgrims

Question 40

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

Answer 40

The Mayflower

Question 41

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 41

50%

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Squanto and Samoset