Chapter 3

Question 1

What was the first English settlement in America?

Answer 1

Jamestown

Question 2

Who established Roanoke?

Answer 2

Sir Walter Raleigh

Question 3

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

Answer 3

Croatoan

Question 4

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

Answer 4

Charter of 1606

Question 5

What is a joint-stock company

Answer 5

a company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.

Question 6

What was the settlement established by the Virginia Company

Answer 6

Jamestown

Question 7

Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement

Answer 7

John Smith

Question 8

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

Answer 8

The starving times

Question 9

What crop saved Jamestown

Answer 9

Tobacco

Question 10

Who married the daughter of Chief Powhatan, Pocahontas

Answer 10

John Rolfe

Question 11

What was the legislative assembly of Jamestown

Answer 11

The house of Burgesses

Question 12

What was the official Church of England after the Protestant Reformation

Answer 12

Aligican Church

Question 13

Who were the Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church

Answer 13

The puritans

Question 14

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

Answer 14

The Separatists

Question 15

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

Answer 15

Pilgrims

Question 16

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

Answer 16

Mayflower

Question 17

What percentage of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter

Answer 17

50%

Question 18

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

Answer 18

Squanto and samoto

Question 19

What Native American group participated in the First Thanksgiving

Answer 19

wampanoag

Question 20

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

Answer 20

William Bradford

Question 21

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

Answer 21

John Winthrop

Question 22

What happened during the Salem Witch Trials

Answer 22

20 people were killed

Question 23

What city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish

Answer 23

Connecticut

Question 24

What was the name of the Dutch Colony in North America

Answer 24

New York

Question 25

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

Answer 25

New York

Question 26

What was the name of the colony founded by William Penn

Answer 26

Pennsylvania

Question 27

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

Answer 27

Pacifist

Question 28

What is a pacifist

Answer 28

People who refuse to fight wars or use force

Question 29

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

Answer 29

Native Americans and woman

Question 30

What was the economy of the Southern Colonies driven by

Answer 30

Large estates to grow crops

Question 31

What were indentured servants

Answer 31

Laborers under contract

Question 32

What colony was founded by George Calvert

Answer 32

Maryland

Question 33

What law granted Maryland residents the right to worship freely

Answer 33

The act of toleration

Question 34

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

Answer 34

The mason dixon line

Question 35

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

Answer 35

Bacon