soc test 3

Question 1

What were the three main sections of the thirteen colonies

Answer 1

New england, mddle colonies, and southern colonies

Question 2

Reasons why to settle in America

Answer 2

Freedom to make a better living, freedom to own land, freedom of religion, and freedom to shar in government.

Question 3

Freed to make a better livng:

Answer 3

Many people living in England were jobless and homeless. America offerd a chance to make a better life.

Question 4

Freedom to own land:

Answer 4

Land in Englandwas only owned by the rich and the roayal. America offered a chance at free/cheap land.

Question 5

Freedom of religion:

Answer 5

In Egland the king was head of the church. America offered freedom of worship to all.q

Question 6

Freedom to share in Government:

Answer 6

The king and the parlment was absolute rule. America offered a share in Government.

Question 7

England has tried what several times unsuccessfuly ?

Answer 7

To establish a base colony in North America.

Question 8

England has tried what several times unsuccessfuly ?

Answer 8

To establish a base colony in North America.

Question 9

In what year did Walter Paleigh was given a what to do what

Answer 9

1583 Walter Paleigh was gven a charter to clam land and start a colony in North America

Question 10

dWhat was Roanoke island?

Answer 10

An island of the coast of what is now NC

Question 11

In 1587 Who were sent to set up a colony on Roanoke island

Answer 11

108 men and women and 9 kids

Question 12

Who was the leader of the colony in Roanoke?

Answer 12

John White (Map maker)

Question 13

Who did John Whites Daughter give birth to?

Answer 13

the first english child n the Americas

Question 14

John White went to resuply the colony but then what happend?

Answer 14

He couldnt go back to the colony dude to the war with spain.

Question 15

What dd John White fnd when he returned to the Roanoke colony?

Answer 15

It was empty and desserted

Question 16

What was the on clue left behind by the people of Roanoke?

Answer 16

The word “Croatoan” carved into a gatepost

Question 17

What was beleved when they saw the clue?

Answer 17

They beleived that the people of Roanoke relocated to an island 50 miles to the south call Croatoan .

Question 18

What did they find at the island Croatoan?

Answer 18

nothing, no sghn of the colonists.

Question 19

Do people now know what happend to the colonists?

Answer 19

No

Question 20

Roanoke the what?

Answer 20

the first real colony, but failed.

Question 21

n what year was the Jamestown colony started and by whom

Answer 21

It was started in 1607 by the Virgina company of England

Question 22

What was the purpose of Jamestwon in America?

Answer 22

to develope trade in the Americas.

Question 23

Who did jamestown receve its charter from?

Answer 23

King James

Question 24

Jamestwon was located where?

Answer 24

What s now Virginia and Nort Carolina

Question 25

What were the bad conditions the jamestown settlers fell on to and what was the result?

Answer 25

Poor drnking water, lack of food, hostile natives. Many died

Question 26

Who was the the leader England sent to James town and what dd he arrive with

Answer 26

The sent John smith wth suples and a plan.

Question 27

What does Smth imediatley instruct the jamestown colonists to do?

Answer 27

build adequate defences

Question 28

Crops for what are planted in jamestown?

Answer 28

food and trade (tobacco)

Question 29

Jamestown begins to do what?

Answer 29

do welll and prosper

Question 30

In 1619 what happens n Jamestown

Answer 30

The colonists are allows to choose their own representatives to help make laws

Question 31

The Hous of Burgesse was what?

Answer 31

The first law making body in America (1619)

Question 32

The next wave of colonists came for what

Answer 32

religious freedom

Question 33

The kng broke away from what and formed what

Answer 33

He broke away from the catholic church and started the Aglican church.

Question 34

The people who wanted to take away from the aglcan church were called what\?

Answer 34

Puritans and seperatists

Question 35

Many of the puritans left England and went to where

Answer 35

the NEtherlands

Question 36

What did these seperatists arrange with the Virginai trading company?

Answer 36

to settle in Virginia and practice religion freely

Question 37

By leaving for religious reasons what did the seperatists call themselves?

Answer 37

the called themselves pilgrims

Question 38

What ship did the puritans booked passage on?

Answer 38

the Mayflower

Question 39

The pilgrims planned to settle in Virginia but instead did what

Answer 39

nstead they dropped anchor in december 1620 Cape Cod at plymouth Rock

Question 40

The mayflower compact had a purpose of what?

Answer 40

to help govern the colony, pledge allegiance to the crown, and make laws.

Question 41

Many pilgrims that first winter died fo what?

Answer 41

diseas and cold

Question 42

Two natives by the names of what befriended the pilgrims and helped them build and plant for the upcoming season

Answer 42

Squanto and Samoset

Question 43

The pilgrims and the Wamponag tribe became friends and the colony what?

Answer 43

thrived

Question 44

The french and Spanish also built what?

Answer 44

settlemts in North and South America

Question 45

The french fouded what in 1608 and were mainly concerned with what?

Answer 45

Quebec and were concerned with trapping.

Question 46

The frenches land contained canada to the what?

Answer 46

gulf of Mexico

Question 47

The spanish controlled large amounts of land across America including:

Answer 47

Calif, Arizona, NM, Florida and down into mexico, most of south AMerica, and many islands in the caribbean.

Question 48

Many of these european countrys were at war with eachother. What happend when these wars occured?

Answer 48

they spilled over in the colonies.

Question 49

The majority of old immigration came from where?

Answer 49

western and northern Europe (Mainly England)

Question 50

Political reasons:

Answer 50

Most people back then didnt have a say in their government. People wanted a poltical voice but that was only reserved for the noblty and landed elite. Others came to America for freedom against an oppresive government

Question 51

Social reasons:

Answer 51

A great example is religous freedom . Some people came to the Americas wanting freedom from religious tolerance.

Question 52

Economic reasons:

Answer 52

A lot of people back then came to the Americas seeking land of better financal oppertunitys. In Europe this was very hard to come by and thanks to the easy acess land anyone can clam land for better opportunitys.

Question 53

The defeat of the spanish Armata marked what?

Answer 53

Marked the end over spains control over the seas which allowed the English to start colonies in North America

Question 54

How did John Smith help Jamestown survive its first two years?

Answer 54

Hr forced the settlers to work, he explored the area, andsought corn from the Natives.

Question 55

Why did the colonists choose Jamestown as their settlement site?

Answer 55

its defensive and hidden position

Question 56

How was Jamestown location a poor choice

Answer 56

cold winters, next to the dirtiest part of the Jamestown rver, diseas, the water was only drinkable part of the year.

Question 57

Joint stock company

Answer 57

nvestors bought part ownership for a share of future profit

Question 58

House of Burgesses

Answer 58

a group of representatves of the colonyes town would make local laws form the colony.