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1
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What was the first English settlement in America

A

Roanoke!

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2
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Who established Roanoke

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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3
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What word was left behind on Roanoke island when John White saw when he returned?

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Croatoan

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4
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What documents gave rights to establish settlements from King James the 1st?

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Charters

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5
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what is a joint stock company?

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investors buy stock, help settlement, once profits are reach, investors get a percentage

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6
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what was the settlement established by the Virginia company

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jamestown

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7
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Who was the first governor of the Jamestown settlement

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Captain John Smith

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8
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what was the time period called when the Powhatan stop providing food for the colonist?

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the starving times

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9
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what crop saved Jamestown

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tobacco

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10
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Who married the daughter of chief Powhatan, Pocahontas

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John Rolfe

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11
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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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Who were the protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church?

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puritans

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13
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what was the official church of England after the Protestant reform

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Anglican

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14
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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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15
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Who is the separatist who came to the colonies for religious freedom?

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pilgrims

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16
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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 percent of Pilgrims passed away after their first winter?

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about 50%

18
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Who were the two people who 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?

A

pilgrims and Wampanoag

20
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Who was the first leader of the pilgrims and wrote the book “of Plymouth plantation”

A

William Bradford

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

A

bay colony

22
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Who is the Puritan that was the governor of Massachusetts Bay colony?

A

John Winthrop

23
Q

what happened during the Salem witch trials

A

19 people were falsely accused and killed of whichcraft

24
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what city and colony did Thomas Hooker establish

A

Connecticut

25
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what was special about the fundamental orders of Connecticut

A

first written constitution of America

26
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what was the name of the Dutch colony in North America

A

New Netherlands

27
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what was the main settlement of the Dutch colony

A

New Amsterdam

28
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after the British take over the Dutch colony what is its name changed to

A

New York

29
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what is the name of the colony founded by William penn

A

Pennsylvania

30
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what religious belief did William Penn follow that was known to be tolerant of others views

A

pacifist

31
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what is a pacifist

A

A pacifist is a person who does not believe in violence and will not fight // quakers

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

A

Women and Native Americans

33
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what was the economy of the southern colonies driven by

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plantations

34
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what were indentured servants?

A

slaves that worked under contract

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

A

act of tolerance

37
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what is the central boundary between the north and southern colonies

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mason-Dixon line

38
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Who let a Rebellion and was called “the greatest rebel that ever was in Virginia”

A

Nathaniel bacon

39
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Who was the founder of the colony of Virginia

A

James Oglethorpe

40
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what was the main reason for the creation of Georgia

A

buffer and debtor state

41
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what was the colony founded in new France

A

Louisiana

42
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which country has the best relations with the Native Americans at this time?

A

France

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