Chapter 3 Flashcards
Who established Roanoke?
Sir Walter Raleigh
What was the first English settlement in America?
Roanoke
What was the word left behind on Roanoke Island that John White saw when he returned?
“Croatoan”
What are documents that gave rights to establish settlements from King James I?
Charters
What is a joint-stock company?
Investors buy stock to help set settlement up and once profits are reached, the investors get a percentage
What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?
Jamestown
Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?
Captain John Smith
What crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?
John Rolfe
What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?
House of Burgesses
What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?
Anglican Church
Who were the Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church?
Puritans
Who were the Protestants who wanted to leave and set up their own churches?
Separatists
Who were the separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom?
Pilgrims
What was the name of the ship the Pilgrims came to America on?
Mayflower
What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?
50%
Who were the two people showed the Pilgrims how to grow crops and where to hunt and fish?
Squanto and Samoset
What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?
Wampanoag tribe
What was the Puritan society that was based on the Bible?
Massachusetts Bay Colony
What was the Great Migration?
During 1630s over 1500 Puritans went to Massachusetts to escape persecution and economic struggles in England
What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?
Hartford, Connecticut
What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
1st written constitution in America
What was the Native American name for King Phillip?
Metacomet
What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?
New Netherlands
What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?
New Amsterdam
What was the name of the landowners who received grants to increase New Netherland’s population?
Patroons
After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?
New York
What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?
Pennsylvania
What religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of other people’s views?
Quaker
What is a pacifist?
People who refuse to fight in wars or use force
What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?
Plantations
What were indentured servants?
Laborer under contract to an explorer in exchange for their transportation, food, and lodging
What colony was founded by George Calvert?
Maryland
What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?
Act of Toleration
What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?
Mason-Dixon Line
Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?
Nathaniel Bacon
What were the two main crops mentioned about North Carolina?
Tobacco and timber
What were the two main crops mentioned about South Carolina?
Rice and indigo
What was the colony founded in New France?
Louisiana
Who were settlers that paid their landlord an annual rent & worked a fixed number of days each year?
Tenant farmer
Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?
France
What three types of people did the Spanish send to settle New Mexico?
Soldiers, settlers, and missionaries
What were missions?
Religious settlements to convert Native Americans to Catholicism
