history

Question 1

Charter

Answer 1

A document issued by a government that grants specific right to a person or company

Question 2

john smith

Answer 2

sent in 1608 to lead James town

Question 3

representative government

Answer 3

form of government which voters elect people to make laws for them

Question 4

pilgrim

Answer 4

a person who takes a religious journey

Question 5

Squanto

Answer 5

a native American who helped the pilgrims in Plymouth by showing them to grow native plants for food

Question 6

parliament

Answer 6

a legislative body of government

Question 7

Roanoke island

Answer 7

The first colony at Roanoke Island, off
the coast of present-day North Carolina,
was established in 1585.

It was abandoned a year later.

The second colony at Roanoke Island
was established in 1587.

Because of a war with Spain, England
was unable to send a ship to visit the
colony until 1590.

By then, the colony had disappeared
without a trace.

Question 8

1st permanent English settlement

Answer 8

Jamestown, on the
Chesapeake Bay

Question 9

Pocahontas

Answer 9

a Native American woman belonging to the Powhatan people

Question 10

separatist

Answer 10

wanted to separate from the church of England and practice Christianity in their own way

Question 11

Mayflower

Answer 11

The first document in which American colonists claimed a righted to govern themselves

Question 12

Toleration

Answer 12

recognition that over people have to right from different opinions

Question 13

Town meeting

Answer 13

a group of towns that decides local issue

Question 14

Metacom

Answer 14

Chief of the Wampanoag calso who started a war meant to stop puritan expansion

Question 15

Puritans

Answer 15

Puritans were respected professionals who were influential in England

Question 16

Geography of new England colonies

Answer 16

Location

New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine are in northern
New England.

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island are in
southern New England.

Landforms

Much of New England is made up of hills, mountains,
and forests.

Thin and rocky soil makes farming difficult.

Climate

Winters are long and snowy, and summers are shorter
and warm.

Colonists caught fewer diseases and lived longer than
Virginia colonists.

Question 17

Who was allowed to vote in Massachusetts in the 1630s

Answer 17

Only adult male puritans could vote

Question 18

1st colony to allow freedom of religion

Answer 18

Rhode island

Question 19

Frontier

Answer 19

a place that is an edge between the known and the unknown

Question 20

What are the middle colonies

Answer 20

New York, Pennsylvania, New jersey and Delaware

Question 21

what are the southern colonies

Answer 21

Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode island

Question 22

What are the the New England Colonies

Answer 22

New Hampshire, Vermont, and Maine

Question 23

Bread Basket

Answer 23

called Americas bread basket because its produced so much wheat

Question 24

Largest cities in the middle colonies

Answer 24

Philadelphia and New York

Question 25

Debtor

Answer 25

a person who owes money

Question 26

plantation

Answer 26

a large farm

Question 27

Crops for each colony in the southern colonies

Answer 27

The regions long growing season is ideal for crops such as tobacco and rice

Question 28

Tobacco

Answer 28

smoking tobacco had become popular in parts of Europe.

Question 29

Laws of Jamestown

Answer 29

enslaved people had a chance to earn their freedom after working a certain number of years.

Question 30

persecute

Answer 30

King Charles I opposed and persecuted the Puritans.

Question 31

Geography of the middle colonies

Answer 31

Location New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware (in order from largest to smallest) were the Middle Colonies. Landforms Much of the Middle Colonies is lowlands. The Hudson and Delaware rivers are important waterways in the region. The soil is fertile and well-suited for crops like wheat, fruits, and vegetables. Climate The climate is warmer, with a longer growing season, than the New England climate.

Question 32

Mason Dixon line

Answer 32

a boundary drawn between Pennsylvania and Maryland.

Question 33

Act of toleration

Answer 33

which welcomed all Catholics and gave adult male Catholics the right to vote and hold office.

Question 34

ST Augustine

Answer 34

St. Augustine was the first permanent European and Spanish settlement in the present-day United States.