Test 6

Question 1

Colonial Virginia’s elected body of representatives was called

Answer 1

House of Burgesses

Question 2

The first written constitution in America was the

Answer 2

Fundamental Order of Connecticut

Question 3

The Ole’ Deluder Satan Act was passed in 1647 in Massachusetts. What did it establish?

Answer 3

It established the first public schools in America

Question 4

The first written agreement of self-government inAmerica was

Answer 4

The Mayflower Compact

Question 5

The Pilgrims established their colony in what place and in what year?

Answer 5

At Plymouth in 1620

Question 6

The first place Separatists moved for religious freedom was

Answer 6

Holland

Question 7

This is the year that Jamestown was founded

Answer 7

1607

Question 8

Who did England defeat in 1588?

Answer 8

The Spanish Armada

Question 9

Sir Walter Raleigh founded this colony (it is known as the “Lost Colony”)

Answer 9

Roanoke

Question 10

The first permanent European settlement in the New World was

Answer 10

St. Augustine

Question 11

These 3 ships brought the settlers to Jamestown

Answer 11

Susan Constant, Godspeed and Discovery

Question 12

The first Native American to welcome the Pilgrims was

Answer 12

Samosas

Question 13

This is the name of Georgia’s first settlement

Answer 13

Savannah

Question 14

This is the first royal colony owned by the King of England

Answer 14

Virginia

Question 15

This is South Carolina’s first permanent settlement

Answer 15

Charleston

Question 16

This is the name of the place that became the capital of Virginia in 1699

Answer 16

Williamsburg

Question 17

This is the name of the place that Lord Baltimore requested to begin a colony for English Catholics

Answer 17

Maryland

Question 18

The Ark and the Dove brought settlers to this place for religious freedom.

Answer 18

Maryland

Question 19

This is the name of the colony that is now the state of New York

Answer 19

New Netherlands

Question 20

This is the name of the Dutch governor of New Netherlands who was forced to surrender to the English

Answer 20

Peter Stuyvesant

Question 21

The Swedes (who settled in Delaware) were the first to build this

Answer 21

Log cabins

Question 22

People who were a part of the Society of Friends were called

Answer 22

Quakers

Question 23

This man was responsible for establishing a settlement at Philadelphia

Answer 23

William Penn

Question 24

Count con Zinzendorf was the leader of this group of people _____________ - They were active in missionary work.

Answer 24

Moravians

Question 25

This Native American lived with the Pilgrims and helped them survive.

Answer 25

Squanto

Question 26

This is the man who married Pocahontas

Answer 26

John Rolfe

Question 27

This man planned and directed the building of the first Georgian settlement

Answer 27

James Oglethorpe

Question 28

This is the man who was hired to protect the Pilgrims at Plymouth

Answer 28

Captain Miles Standish

Question 29

This woman was America’s first black woman writer to have a book published

Answer 29

Phillis Wheatley

Question 30

This English evangelist who preached throughout the colonies (sometimes to 20,000 people at once)

Answer 30

George Whitefield

Question 31

This Connecticut-born preacher who was one of the first leaders in the Great Awakening; he preached a series of sermons about salvation

Answer 31

Johnathan Edwards

Question 32

This is the man who founded the first colony to offer complete religious freedom in America

Answer 32

Roger Williams

Question 33

This man was the second governor of Plymouth and the author of the book Of Plymouth Plantation

Answer 33

William Bradford

Question 34

This man was the minister of the Plymouth colony

Answer 34

Elder Brewster

Question 35

This is the first governor of Jamestown

Answer 35

Lord De La Warr

Question 36

This man was one of the first missionaries spurred by the Great Awakening

Answer 36

David Brainerd

Question 37

This man claimed part of North America for England in 1497

Answer 37

John Cabot