Capter 2-English Colonies In America

Question 0

The first English settlers in America

Answer 0

Pilgrims

Question 1

The first elected government body in America

Answer 1

The House of Burgesses

Question 2

Dutch explorer who bought Manhattan from the Indians for some knives,beads,and trinkets

Answer 2

Peter Minut

Question 3

Responsible for high unemployment and homelessness in England

Answer 3

Enclosure movement

Question 4

Settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony in the hopes that it would be a perfect church

Answer 4

Puritans

Question 5

People who worked without pay for seven years in exchange for passage to America

Answer 5

Indentured servants

Question 6

Founded Georgia

Answer 6

James Oglethorpe

Question 7

Guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians in Maryland

Answer 7

Toleration Acts

Question 8

Provided a legal basis for governing Plymouth Plantation

Answer 8

Protestant Reformation

Question 9

Close advisor to Queen Elizabeth who attempted to establish the colony of Roanoke

Answer 9

Sir Walter Raliegh

Question 10

English colonies were least likely to face this hardship

Answer 10

Lack of water

Question 11

The fort at St.Augustine,Florida was built by

Answer 11

The Spanish

Question 12

John Smith helped the Jamestown colonists by

Answer 12

Providing strong leadership

Question 13

By 1700, France claimed the

Answer 13

Canada and the Mississippi Valley

Question 14

Like the Spanish, the English colonists

Answer 14

Usually disregarded the rights of the Indians

Question 15

What is the reason did that England sought the colonies in America

Answer 15

To bring Christianity to the Indians