Chapter 3 Flashcards
What is a joint-stock company?
Investors buy stock to help set the settlement up and once profits are reached, the investors get a percentage
What was the first English settlement in America?
Roanoke
What was the first English settlement in America?
Jamestown
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 was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?
Jamestown
Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?
Captain john smith
What was the time period called when the Powhatan stopped providing food for the colonists?
The Starving Time
What crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas?
John Rolf
What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown?
The House of Burdges
What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?
Anglican
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?
The 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?
Native Americans
What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?
Wapanoag Indians
Who was the first leader of the Pilgrims and wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation?
William Bradford
Who was the Puritan that was the governor of the Mass. Bay Colony?
John Winthrop
What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?
A series of hearings and prostitutions of people accused of which craft
What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?
Connecticut
What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
1st written constitution in America
What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?
Netherlands
What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?
New Amsterdam on Manhattan island
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?
Quakers
What is a pacifist?
People who refuse to fight in war or use force
Quakers were much more accepting of what two groups of people than others in the colonies at this time?
Women and Native Americans
What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?
Plantations
What were indentured servants?
Laborer Under contract
What colony was founded by George Calvert?
Maryland
What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?
The Act of Toleration
What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?
The Mason-Dixon Line
Who led a rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”?
Nathaniel bacon
Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?
James Oglethorpe
What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?
A buffered state , English debaters and lower class could get a fresh start
What was the colony founded in New France?
Louisiana
Which country had the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?
The French
