Chapter 3

Question 1

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 1

Roanoke

Question 2

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 2

Sir Watter Raleigh

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Croatoan

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Charters

Question 5

What is a joint-stock company?

Answer 5

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

Question 6

What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?

Answer 6

Jamestown

Question 7

Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

Answer 7

Captain John Smith

Question 8

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

Answer 8

the starving time

Question 9

What crop saved Jamestown?

Answer 9

tobacco

Question 10

Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

Answer 10

John Rolfe

Question 11

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

Answer 11

The House of Burgesses

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Anglican Church

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Puritans

Question 14

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

Answer 14

separatists

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

Question 16

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 16

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

Massachusetts bay colony

Question 21

Who was the puritan that was the governor Mass. Bay Colony

Answer 21

John Winthrop

Question 22

What happened during the Salem Witch trials

Answer 22

A series of hearings and prosecutions of people who were accused of witch craft where many were falsely accused 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

1st written constitution in America

Question 25

What was the name of the Dutch colony in North Carolina?

Answer 25

New Netherlands

Question 26

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony

Answer 26

New Amsterdam

Question 27

After the British take over the Dutch colony what is the 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

that everyone is equal is Gods sight and they believe in a direct experience with God

Question 30

What is a pacifist

Answer 30

People who refused to fight in wars or use force

Question 31

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

Answer 31

Women and native Americans

Question 32

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 32

Plantations

Question 33

What were indentured servants?

Answer 33

Laborer under contract to an employer in exchange for their transportation,food, and lodging.

Question 34

What colony was founded by George Calvert?

Answer 34

Maryland

Question 35

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 35

Act of toleration

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Mason-Dixon Line