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1
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Who was asked to set up a colony in North America

A

Sir Walter Raleigh

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2
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How many colonists were sent to Roanoke Island

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113

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3
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Where is Roanoke Island

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Off the coast of North Carolina

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4
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In 1588 the ______________________ , a fleet of 130, attacked England

A

Spanish Armada

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5
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The Roanoke colony is known as the lost colony why

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Because they ran out of supplies and vanished by the time supplies came two years after they settled there

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6
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All that was left of the Roanoke colony was the word ___________

A

Croatoah

Croaoan

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7
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The Virginia Company was a __________________________________

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Joint Stock Company

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8
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What is a joint stock company

A

A company that is a publicly owned company that is owned by several people

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9
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Shareholders are ________

A

People who own a part of company

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10
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Who did they send toJamestown to colonize

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104 men and boys

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11
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What did the people of Jamestown looked for what instead of planting crops

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Gold and silver

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12
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Half of the Jamestown people died of what diesease

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Malaria

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13
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The rest of the Jamestown people were saved by who

A

Captain John Smith

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14
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John smith asked the ____________ people to trade for food

A

Powhatan

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15
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Who persuaded the chief Powhatan to spare John smiths life

A

The Chiefs daughter Pocahontas

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16
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Virginia’s main export is

A

Tobacco

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17
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Who taught the English to grow tobacco

A

John Rolfe

18
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In 1634, __________ ______________, founded the Maryland Colony

A

Cecilius Calvert

19
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The first settlement in Maryland was ____________

A

St.Mary’s

20
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In _____ more colonists settled Carolina

A

1670

21
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The town the people of Carolina settled in ______________

A

Charles Town

22
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In Carolina they grew_______________

A

Rice and Indigo

23
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Georgia was founded by _______ ____________

A

James Oglethorpe

24
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Georgia was founded because _________

A

Oglethorpe wanted the poor to be able to start fresh

25
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Georgia was founded in

A

1733

26
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Georgia was also served to protect the colonies from the

A

Spanish

27
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The __________ wanted to simplify the Catholic Church

A

Puritans

28
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The ____________ wanted to break away from the English church

A

Separatists

29
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In 1620 William Bradford sent separatists to America on the

A

Mayflower

30
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Pilgrims

A

People who take a journey for a religious purpose

31
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The men on the mayflower signed the _________

A

Mayflower Compact

32
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The Separtists founded the town of ________

A

Plymouth

33
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Plymouth was on the coast of _______________

A

Massachusetts

34
Q

Squanto was a Pawtucket along with ___________ and squanto thought them to fish and the grow corn

A

Samoset

35
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_______ _____________ was the colony of bostons leader

A

John Winthrop

36
Q

Rhode Island was found by

A

Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson

37
Q

Minister _________ found Hartford Conneticut

A

Hooker

38
Q

Colonel Richard Nichols renamed new Netherlands to ___________

A

New York

39
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Quaker

A

A person in the society of friends

40
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Proprietor

A

Owner

41
Q

The owner of east and west jersey were

A

Lord John Berekley and Sir George Carteret

42
Q

Who persuaded the English to settle in North America

A

Richard Hakluyt

A geographer.

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