Chapters 1-4

Question 0

What triggered Bacon’s rebellion??

Answer 0

Land shortages and Indian policies

Question 1

Which document was the first step towards self-rule in the colonies??

Answer 1

The Mayflower Compact

Question 2

Hiawatha was the leader of which Indian Confederacy??

Answer 2

The Iroquois

Question 3

Some of the most important American Indian products to spread to the old world were…

Answer 3

Foodstuffs such as maize, beans and tomatoes

Question 4

Which early colonist saved the colony at Jamestown by his order of “No work, no food.”??

Answer 4

John Smith

Question 5

Which 3 crops were used by Native Americans in 3 sister farming??

Answer 5

Corn, Beans, and Squash

Question 6

What was the middle passage??

Answer 6

The transatlantic journey that brought slaves to the Americas.

Question 7

What Caribbean country gave us the “Slave Codes” that were adopted in the Carolinas??

Answer 7

Barbados

Question 8

Who is William Bradford??

Answer 8

He was elected governor of the Plymouth Colony 30 times in the annual elections.

Question 9

In which area of the country were the Iroquois located??

Answer 9

Northeast

Question 10

What was the Stono Rebellion??

Answer 10

An example of slaves’ anger at their treatment and permanent servitude.

Question 11

Which group of Europeans were the dominant force in Americas from 1492 to 1619??

Answer 11

The Spanish

Question 12

In 1607 Virginia Company received a charter from King James I to make a settlement in the New World, what settlement did they create??

Answer 12

Jamestown

Question 13

Roger Williams founded which colony as a haven for people who were unwanted in other colonies??

Answer 13

Rhode Island

Question 14

Which religious group sought to “purify” the Anglican Church??

Answer 14

Puritans

Question 15

Which war effectively ended Native American resistance to Puritan colonies in the Northeast??

Answer 15

King Phillip’s War

Question 16

Which group of Europeans were the first settlers of modern day New York and traded some worthless trinkets for the island if Manhattan??

Answer 16

The Dutch

Question 17

What was the largest segment of white Virginians??

Answer 17

Small Farmers

Question 18

Which religious group did William Penn belong to??

Answer 18

Quakers

Question 19

What product eventually made the colony of Jamestown profitable??

Answer 19

Tobacco

Question 20

How many years of work did an indentured servant typically owe to the person who paid their passage to the New World before gaining their freedom??

Answer 20

7 years

Question 21

What was the name given to the exchange of animals, plants, foods and germs between the Old World and the New World??

Answer 21

Columbian Exchange

Question 22

Which colony was a safe haven for Catholics??

Answer 22

Maryland

Question 23

In what colony did the New York Slave revolt occur??

Answer 23

New York

Question 24

What country did the Navigation Acts force New England Colonies to trade with??

Answer 24

England

Question 25

What colony was begun by Sir Walter Raleigh and is known as “The Lost Colony”??

Answer 25

Roanoke

Question 26

At what city did the pilgrims come ashore in the New World??

Answer 26

Plymouth, Massachusetts

Question 27

Which colony did William Penn Found??

Answer 27

Pennsylvania

Question 28

Which religion is John Calvin linked to??

Answer 28

Calvinists

Question 29

Which explorer claimed the New World for the Spanish in 1492??

Answer 29

Christopher Columbus

Question 30

What was the head right system??

Answer 30

In return for the funding of another’s passage to the colonies, you would receive a portion of land. This helped to bring more people to the colonies.