Chapter3

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 1

Answer 3

Charters

Question 4

What is a joint stock company ?

Answer 4

Investers that buy stock to help set the settlement

Question 5

What was the settlement established by the virginia company ?

Answer 5

Jamestown

Question 6

Who was the first governer of the Jamestown settelment ?

Answer 6

Captin John Smith

Question 7

What was the time period called when the powhatan stopoed providing food for the colonists ?

Answer 7

“The 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 Burgesses

Question 11

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

Answer 11

Anglician Church

Question 12

Who were the Protestants who wanted to Reform the Anglican Chrurch

Answer 12

Puritans

Question 13

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

Answer 13

Separatists

Question 14

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

Answer 14

Pilgrims

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Mayflower

Question 16

What percentage of pilgrims passed away after their first winter ?

Answer 16

About 50%

Question 17

Who were the two people who 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

Wamponoag

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 first english settlement in america ?

Answer 20

Roanoke

Question 21

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

Answer 21

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 22

Who was the Puritan that was the governer of the Mass. Bay Colony

Answer 22

John Winthrop

Question 23

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials

Answer 23

Hearings of people accused of witch craft

Question 24

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish ?

Answer 24

Hartford , Cinnecticut

Question 25

What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ?

Answer 25

It was the first written constitution in America

Question 26

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

Answer 26

New netherland

Question 27

What was the main settlement of the Dutch Colony

Answer 27

New Amterdam

Question 28

After the British take over this Dutch Colony what was its named changed to ?

Answer 28

New York

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Pennsylvania

Question 30

What religeous belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other peoples veiws

Answer 30

Quaker / pacifist

Question 31

What is a pacifist ?

Answer 31

People who refuse to fight in wars or use force .

Question 32

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

Answer 32

Women and native americans

Question 33

What was the economy of the southern colonies driven by ?

Answer 33

Plantations

Question 34

What where indentured servants ?

Answer 34

Laborer under contract to an employer in exchange for their transpotation.

Question 35

What colony was founded by George Calvert

Answer 35

Maryland

Question 36

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

Answer 36

The Act of Toleration

Question 37

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

Answer 37

Mason Dixon Line

Question 38

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

Answer 38

Nathaniel Bacon

Question 39

Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

Answer 39

James oglethrope

Question 40

What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

Answer 40

It was set up as a buffer state between the stronger english colonies and spanish attacks .

Question 41

What was the colony founded in New France?

Answer 41

Louisiana

Question 42

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

Answer 42

The french had the best relations with the native americans