Chapter 2

Question 1

What product did the Jamestown colony produce and sell to England for profit (saved the colony of Jamestown)?

Answer 1

tobacco

Question 2

In which colony could poor, imprisoned people from England could start over?

Answer 2

Georgia

Question 3

The three-way trade New England merchants established with the Caribbean colonies in order to acquire British goods is an example of ____________.

Answer 3

Triangular Trade

Question 4

What was the first permanent English settlement (meaning it did not fail. The colony struggled, but managed to survive) in the North America?

Answer 4

Jamestown

Question 5

In the winter of 1607 the Jamestown colony was short on food. One Englishmen helped the colonists to begin trading with the Native Americans and formed a positive relationship with Chief Powhatan. Who was the Englishman?

Answer 5

John Smith

Question 6

What Native American helped teach the Pilgrims at Plymouth how to fish and farm?

Answer 6

Squanto

Question 7

To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system offered them ___________.

Answer 7

land

Question 8

As more and more settlers arrived in Jamestown, what happened to the relations between the Native Americans and the colonists?

Answer 8

The relations worsened

Question 9

The Pilgrims departed from England aboard the ___________________ trying to escape religious persecution and form a new colony where they could practice their religious beliefs freely.

Answer 9

Mayflower

Question 10

What business drove the economy in the New England colonies?

Answer 10

lumber and shipbuilding

Question 11

What business drove the economy in the Middle colonies?

Answer 11

“The breadbasket”

grains like wheat and rye

Question 12

What business drove the economy in the Southern colonies?

Answer 12

Farming and cash crops

Question 13

What group of people wanted to People who wanted to purify the Anglican church of Catholic elements and rituals?

Answer 13

The Puritans

Question 14

Who were the people who wanted to totally separate from the Anglican Church?

Answer 14

The Separatist

Question 15

Which group of people believed in an “inner light”, were pacifists (opposed to violence), saw no need for churches, and objected political authority?

Answer 15

The Quakers

Question 16

What 3 colonies had good relationships with the Native American tribes in their colonies?

Answer 16

Georgia
Maryland
Pennsylvania

Question 17

What were two of the many problems we discussed that limited the success of Jamestown?

Answer 17

• Located in a swampy area

- Settlers did not want to work

Question 18

Early on the English were not interested in settling in the New World. Two main things changed and became motivations for the English to explore. List both motivations:
_____________________ motivation and ___________________________ motivation.

Answer 18

religious

economics

Question 19

The first written constitution of the American colonies was known as the ________________________________.

Answer 19

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Question 20

The first general assembly in Virginia was called the House of _____________________________.

Answer 20

Burgesses

Question 21

_________________________ is a group of investors that pool their money to fund projects or expeditions.

Answer 21

Joint-stock company

Question 22

The marriage of Chief Powhatan’s daughter _____________________ and John Rolfe temporarily helped to ease tensions between English and Native Americans

Answer 22

Pocahontas

Question 23

Before the Pilgrims left their ship, they wrote the first self-government plan in the New World that focused on making decisions for the general good of the colony. What was the document called?_________________________________________

Answer 23

The Mayflower Compact

Question 24

The three day festival where the Pilgrims and the Wampanoag Indians celebrated the harvest is the basis for what present day holiday? ____________________________________________

Answer 24

Thanksgiving

Question 25

In what colonies were Native American tribes present at the time of colonial settlement?

Answer 25

ALL 13 colonies