Chapter 3

Question 1

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 1

England

Question 2

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 2

Sir Walter Releigh

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

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

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 smith

Question 11

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

Answer 11

The House of Burgres

Question 12

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

Answer 12

The Aliglican Church

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Separatists

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Puritans

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Pilgrims

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Mayflower

Question 17

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 17

50%

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Squanto and Sameoset

Question 19

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 19

Wampanoag

Question 20

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

Answer 20

William Bradford

Question 21

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

Answer 21

John Winthrop

Question 22

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 22

Connecticut

Question 23

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

Answer 23

New Netherlands

Question 24

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

Answer 24

New Amsterdam

Question 25

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

Answer 25

New York

Question 26

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

Answer 26

Pennsylvania

Question 27

What is a pacifist?

Answer 27

A person who believes war and violence are unjustifiable

Question 28

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 28

Plantations

Question 29

What were indentured servants?

Answer 29

Indentured servants were men by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.

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

Constitution of the State of Maryland

Question 32

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

Answer 32

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 show honor to King George II

Question 36

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 36

For King George II

Question 37

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 37

Quebec

Question 38

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

Answer 38

French