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What was the first English settlement in America?

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Roanoke

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Who sent the Spanish Armada to try and convert England back to Catholicism?

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King Phillip II

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Who established Roanoke?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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What was the word left behind on Roanoke Island that John White saw when he returned?

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Croatoan

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What are documents that gave rights to establish settlements from King James I?

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Charters

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What is a joint-stock company?

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Investors buy stock to set the settlement up and once profits are reached the investors get a percentage

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What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?

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Jamestown

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Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

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John Smith

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What crop saved Jamestown?

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Tobacco

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Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?

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John Rolfe

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What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?

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The House of Bergesses

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What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?

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The Anglican Church

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Who were the Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church?

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Puritans

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Who were the Protestants who wanted to leave and set up their own churches?

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Separatist

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Who were the separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom?

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Pilgrims

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What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America on?

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Mayflower

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What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

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50%

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Who were the two people showed the Pilgrims how to grow crops and where to hunt and fish?

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Squanto and Samoset

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What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

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Wampanoag

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What was the Puritan society that was based on the Bible?

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Bay colony

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What was the Great Migration?

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During the 1630’s over 15,000 puritans went to Mas. To escape persecution and economic struggle in England

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What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

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Hartford and Connecticut

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What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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It was the first constitution written in America

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What was the Native American name for King Phillip?

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Metacomet

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What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?

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Netherlands

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What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

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New Amsterdam

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What was the name of the landowners who received grants to increase New Netherland’s population?

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Patroons

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After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?

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New York

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What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?

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Pennsylvania

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What religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other people’s views?

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He was a Quaker

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What is a pacifist?

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People who refuse to fight in wars and use force

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What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

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Plantation

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What were indentured servants?

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Laborer under contract to an employer in exchanged for their transportation, food, and lodging

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What colony was founded by George Calvert?

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Maryland

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What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

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Act of Toleration

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What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?

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Mason-Dixon Line

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Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?

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Nathaniel Bacon

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What were the two main crops mentioned about North Carolina?

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Tobacco and timber

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What were the two main crops mentioned about South Carolina?

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Rice and indigo

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What was the colony founded in New France?

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Louisiana

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Who were settlers that paid their landlord an annual rent & worked a fixed number of days each year?

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Tenant farmer

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Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?

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The French

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What three types of people did the Spanish send to settle New Mexico?

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Soldiers, settlers, and missionaries

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What were missions?

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Religious settlements to convert Native Americans to Catholicsm

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