Chapter 3 Test (Stump)

Question 1

Since the 1200s, the king and queens of England where limited in their powers by what law-making body?

Answer 1

Parliament

Question 2

What was England’s first permanent settlement in North America? What is a charter and who was it granted to?

Answer 2

John Smith
A charter is a document issued by the government and was granted to the Virginia company of London.

Question 3

What is a form of government in which voters elect people to make laws for them? What is a law-making body called?

Answer 3

Representative government
House of Bergesses

Question 4

What is a pilgrim? What is their religious name?

Answer 4

People who travel for religious reasons. Religious name is Separatists.

Question 5

What does the holiday of Thanksgiving commemorate

Answer 5

A day to give thanks.

Question 6

Name the 4 England colonies. Briefly describe New England’s climate and geography

Answer 6

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire
Winters are long and cold, summers are short and warm. Hills, mountains, forest.

Question 7

What other religious group came to New England in 1630? Who led them.

Answer 7

Puritans
John Winthrop

Question 8

What women was forced to leave Massachusetts for preaching? Where did she go?

Answer 8

Anne Hutchins
Rhodesia Island

Question 9

What were the town meetings established to do in most New England towns?

Answer 9

Decide local issues, manage affairs, speak your mind… all encouraging democratic ideas.

Question 10

Who was “King Philip?”

Answer 10

The leader of Wampanoag

Question 11

Name the 4 Middle Colonies. Briefly describe the middle colonies climate and geography?

Answer 11

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
Low lands, Fertile soil (well suited for crops), warmer with longer growing season.

Question 12

Which colony began as Dutch settlement? What was it originally called?

Answer 12

New York
New Netherlands

Question 13

What is the difference between a proprietary colony and a royal colony? His is New Jersey different than New York?

Answer 13

Proprietary-is land granted by a king or queen to an individual or family.
New York is royal and New Jersey is proprietary.

Question 14

What Quaker started the colony of Pennsylvania? What does Philadelphia mean?

Answer 14

William Penn
City of Brotherly love

Question 15

The western section of Pennsylvania is considered part of what?

Answer 15

The back country

Question 16

Name the 5 southern colonies. Briefly describe the southern colonies climate and geography.

Answer 16

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia.
Tide water, flat low lands, rolling hills(piedmont)

Question 17

What rebellion started over farmland between rich, poor, and Native Americans.

Answer 17

Bacon’s rebellion
(Nathaniel)

Question 18

What colony started by James Oglethorpe? Hey did he want to start it?

Answer 18

Georgia
The have protection for English debtors

Question 19

What type of agriculture developed in the Tidewater region? What types of farms quickly developed there?

Answer 19

Rice and tobacco
Plantation system

Question 20

What was the first European colony set-up in the modern-day United States? What state was it in? Who owned it?

Answer 20

St. Augustine
Northern Florida
Spain

Question 21

What was the main function of the Spanish Borderlands?

Answer 21

Was to protect Mexico from other European powers

Question 22

What Spanish settler introduced the horse culture to the Native Americans of the southwest and Great Plains of the modern-day United States?

Answer 22

Juan de Oñate

Question 23

What is the difference between presidio and Pueblo settlement?

Answer 23

Presidio- military posts or forts
Pueblo- civilian towns,plaza, church, businesses