Chapter 3: Colonies Take Root

Question 1

Representative Government

Answer 1

A government in which voters decide who is in power

Question 2

Virginia House of Burgesses

Answer 2

Early representative government in the U.S.

Question 3

Colonial Assemblies

Answer 3

Governments in the colonies formed based on the British political system

Question 4

John Smith

Answer 4

Leader of Jamestown who kept the town going

Question 5

John Rolfe

Answer 5

Saved Jamestown by smuggling tobacco and started the farming of tobacco in Jamestown

Question 6

Geography of the New England colonies

Answer 6

Mountainous and rocky

Question 7

Geography of the Middle Colonies

Answer 7

varied consisting of rivers and lowlands

Question 8

Geography of the Southern Colonies

Answer 8

Flat and fertile

The fertility in this area caused a aggricultural economy

Question 9

Religion in the New England colonies

Answer 9

Pilgrims and Puritans

Question 10

Religion in the Middle Colonies

Answer 10

Diverse consisting of many religions

Question 11

Religion in the Southern Colonies

Answer 11

Christianity