Chapter 3 Study Guide

Question 1

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

Answer 1

Charters

Question 2

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

Answer 2

Croatan

Question 3

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 3

Sir Walter Raileigh

Question 4

Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

Answer 4

Captin John Smith

Question 5

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

Answer 5

“The Starving Time”

Question 6

What crop saved Jamestown?

Answer 6

Tabacco

Question 7

Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

Answer 7

John Rolfe

Question 8

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

Answer 8

The House Of Burgesses

Question 9

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

Answer 9

Anglican Church

Question 10

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

Answer 10

Puritans

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Separatist

Question 12

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

Answer 12

Pilgrams

Question 13

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

Answer 13

The Mayflower

Question 14

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

Answer 14

50%

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Squanto & And Samoset

Question 16

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

Answer 16

Wamponoag

Question 17

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

Answer 17

William Bradford

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Massachutes Bay Company

Question 19

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

Answer 19

John Winthdrop

Question 20

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

Answer 20

People Were Accused Of Witchcraft And Then They Were Killed On The Stake

Question 21

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

Answer 21

Hartford

Question 22

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

Answer 22

The First Writtin Constitution

Question 23

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

Answer 23

Netherlands

Question 24

What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

Answer 24

New Amsterdam On Manhattan Island

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

People Who Refuse To Fight In Wars Or Use Force

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Women & And Native Americans

Question 30

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

Answer 30

Plantations

Question 31

What were indentured servants?

Answer 31

Laborer Under Contract To An Employer In Exchange For Thier Transportation,Food,And Lodging

Question 32

What colony was founded by George Calvert?

Answer 32

Maryland

Question 33

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 33

The Act Of Toleration

Question 34

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

Answer 34

Mason-Dixon Line

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 36

Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 36

James Oglethrope

Question 37

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 37

Georgia Was Set Up As A Buffer State Between The Stronger English Colonies & Spanish Attacks & As A Place Where English Debotors & The Trader Class Could Get A Fresh Start

Question 38

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 38

New Orleans

Question 39

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

Answer 39

New France

Question 40

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 40

Roanoke