2.3 Study

Question 1

What was the 1st British North American Settlement ?

Answer 1

JAMESTOWN

Question 2

What was the 1st French North American settlement ?

Answer 2

QUEBEC

Question 3

What was the 1st Dutch North American settlement ?

Answer 3

NEW YORK

Question 4

What was the 1st Spanish North American settlement ?

Answer 4

SANTA FE

Question 5

What joint stock company did King James I charter to found Jamestown ?

Answer 5

Virginia Company

Question 6

Who led Jamestown to survive (barely) its initial years ?

Answer 6

Captain John Smith

Question 7

Maryland Act of Toleration

Answer 7

•The 1st colonial statue which granted religious freedom to all Catholics.
•It was repealed and Catholics lost the right to vote

Question 8

The Chesapeake

Answer 8

Virginia and Maryland

Question 9

Separatists

Answer 9

Wanted to separate from the Church of England

Question 10

What colony did the separatists find ?

Answer 10

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 11

Who were the Puritans ?

Answer 11

People who believed the Church of England could be reformed

Question 12

Who led the Puritans ?

Answer 12

John Winthrop

Question 13

Great Migration

Answer 13

15,000 settlers migrated to Massachusetts Bay which then became just Massachusetts colony

Question 14

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Answer 14

•1st ever written constitution in the colonies.
•Had a representative government elected by people and a governor chosen by legislature

Question 15

New England 4 colonies:

Answer 15

•Massachusetts
•New Hampshire
•Rhode Island
•Connecticut

Question 16

Halfway Covenant

Answer 16

Allowing partial church membership even without conversion