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1
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What was the first English settlement in America?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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Who established Roanoke?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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3
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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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4
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What are documents that gave rights to establish settlements from King James I?

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The first chapter Virginia

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What is a joint-stock company?

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A company whose stock is a owned jointly by a shareholder

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What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company?

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Jamestown settlement

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Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement?

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Thomas west

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What was the time period called when the Powhatan stopped providing food for the colonists?

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Starving time

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9
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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 burgesses

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12
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What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation?

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Prostantis

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13
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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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Separatists

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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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17
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What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

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50%

18
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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

19
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What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving?

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wampanoag

20
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Who was the first leader of the Pilgrims and wrote the book Of Plymouth Plantation?

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William Bradford, the leader

21
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What was the Puritan society that was based on the Bible?

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Puritans

22
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Who was the Puritan that was the governor of the Mass. Bay Colony?

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John Winthrop

23
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What happened during the Salem Witch Trials?

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The Salem witch trials were a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft in colonial Massachusetts between February 1692 and May 1693. The trials resulted in the executions of twenty people, fourteen of them women, and all but one by hanging.

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What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish?

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Colony of Connecticut

25
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What was special about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

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The Fundamental Orders were adopted by the Connecticut Colony council on January 15, 1639 OS (January 24, 1639 NS). The fundamental orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers. They wanted the government to have access to the open ocean for trading.

26
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What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America?

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Fort Nassau

27
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What was the main settlement of the Dutch colony?

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New Amsterdam

28
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After the British take over this Dutch colony what was its name changed to?

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Fort Orange.

29
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What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn?

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Pennsylvania

30
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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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Quaker

31
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What is a pacifist?

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a person who believes that war and violence are unjustifiable.

32
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Quakers were much more accepting of what two groups of people than others in the colonies at this time?

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Muslim and Christian

33
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What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by?

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Gold

34
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What were indentured servants?

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Indentured servants were men and women who signed a contract (also known as an indenture or a covenant) by which they agreed to work for a certain number of years in exchange for transportation to Virginia and, once they arrived, food, clothing, and shelter.

35
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What colony was founded by George Calvert?

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Maryland

36
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What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely?

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Constitution of the State of Maryland

37
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What is the cultural boundary between the Northern and Southern Colonies?

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Slavery

38
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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.

39
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Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia?

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James Edward Oglethorpe

40
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What was the main reason for the creation of Georgia?

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in honor of King George II.,to settle a new colony

41
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What was the colony founded in New France?

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Quebec

42
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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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