Chapter 3

Question 1

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 1

Roanoke

Question 2

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 2

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Croatian

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 that buy stock to help set the settlement up and once profits reached, the investors get a percent of that money

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

Thomas West

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 Catholic 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

Separatist

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Mayflower

Question 15

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 15

50%

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Squanto and Samoset

Question 17

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 17

Pilgrims

Question 18

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

Answer 18

William Bradford

Question 19

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

Answer 19

John Winthrop

Question 20

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 20

When people were accused of witchcraft

Question 21

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 21

Connecticut

Question 22

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 22

The 1st written one in America

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Netherlands, New Amsterdam

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

Answer 27

Quakers

Question 28

What is a pacifist?

Answer 28

A person who believes war and justice are unjustifiable

Question 29

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 29

Plantations

Question 30

What were indentured servants?

Answer 30

Men and women that signed a contract to people to work for their personal needs

Question 31

What colony was founded by George Calvert?

Answer 31

Maryland

Question 32

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 32

Act of Toleration

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 Edward Oglethorpe

Question 35

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 35

A buffer state

Question 36

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

Answer 36

Mass. Bay Colony

Question 37

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

Answer 37

The Starving Time

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Women and Native Americans

Question 39

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

Answer 39

Mason-Dixon Line

Question 40

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 40

Louisiana

Question 41

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

Answer 41

The French

Question 42

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

Answer 42

Pilgrims