History 2

Question 1

What English queen was Virginia named after?

Answer 1

Queen Elizabeth I (Virgin Queen)

Question 2

When was Virginia founded?

Answer 2

1607

Question 3

Who founded Virginia?

Answer 3

Virginia Company of London (London Company)
Given to them by King Charles II

Question 4

Who took control of Virginia in 1606 and enforced the rule ‘He that will not work, neither shall he eat’?

Answer 4

Captain John Smith

Question 5

Who was the first governor of Virginia?

Answer 5

Sir Thomas Dale

Question 6

Who developed tobacco farming and married Pocahontas?

Answer 6

John Rolfe

Question 7

What were the main agricultural products of Virginia?

Answer 7

Tobacco, wheat, corn

Question 8

What event led to a severe food shortage in 1609?

Answer 8

Starving Time – Native Americans stopped trading food, settlers resorted to eating rats, mice, and pets.

Question 9

What was the first representative government in the New World?

Answer 9

Virginia House of Burgesses

Question 10

Joint-stock company

Answer 10

Europeans could buy small portions of land

Question 11

When were the Carolinas founded?

Answer 11

1663

Question 12

When were the Carolinas officially divided into two colonies?

Answer 12

1729

Question 13

Who received the Carolinas as a gift from King Charles II?

Answer 13

Eight English noblemen

Question 14

Why did King Charles II take back control of the Carolinas in 1729?

Answer 14

Due to heavy use of slave labor and mismanagement

Question 15

Who were the French Huguenots, and why did they come to the Carolinas?

Answer 15

French Protestants fleeing persecution

Question 16

What document was written by John Locke for the Carolinas?

Answer 16

Grand Model – their constitution

Question 17

What were the main agricultural products of the Carolinas?

Answer 17

Indigo, rice, tobacco, cattle, cotton, lumber

Question 18

Who was North Carolina’s capital named after?

Answer 18

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 19

What was the first settlement in South Carolina?

Answer 19

Charles Town (later Charleston)

Question 20

What is the meaning of ‘Carolinas’?

Answer 20

Named in honor of King Charles I – ‘Carolus’ is Latin for Charles

Question 21

When was Maryland founded?

Answer 21

1633 (1634)

Question 22

When did Maryland become a state?

Answer 22

April 28, 1788

Question 23

Who was Maryland named after?

Answer 23

Queen Mary

Question 24

What was the first settlement in Maryland?

Answer 24

St. Mary’s, near the Potomac River

Question 25

Who was the original Lord Baltimore?

Answer 25

George Calvert – he died before reaching America

Question 26

Who actually led settlers to Maryland?

Answer 26

Cecilius Calvert (son of George Calvert)

Question 27

Who was Maryland’s first governor?

Answer 27

Leonard Calvert

Question 28

What law did Maryland pass in 1649 to protect religious freedom?

Answer 28

Act of Toleration – first legislative act protecting religious freedom

Question 29

Why was Maryland founded?

Answer 29

Haven for Catholics and religious tolerance

Question 30

What were Maryland’s main industries?

Answer 30

Agriculture (corn, rice, wheat, indigo, beef, dairy), shipbuilding, iron mining, lumber, fishing

Question 31

When was Georgia founded?

Answer 31

1733 (last of the 13 colonies)

Question 32

When did Georgia become a state?

Answer 32

January 2, 1788

Question 33

Who founded Georgia?

Answer 33

James Edward Oglethorpe

Question 34

Who was Georgia named after?

Answer 34

King George II

Question 35

What was Georgia’s first settlement?

Answer 35

Savannah

Question 36

What were the main crops grown in Georgia?

Answer 36

Indigo, rice, sugar, farming

Question 37

What was unique about Georgia’s early laws?

Answer 37

Strict laws against alcohol and slavery

Question 38

Why was Georgia founded?

Answer 38

A haven for debtors and criminals from England, a military buffer against Spanish Florida

Question 39

What was the only colony not designed to make a profit?

Answer 39

Georgia