Chapters 4-5

Question 0

Who asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to begin a colony?

Answer 0

Walter Raleigh

Question 1

Name a wild in the land that has not been settled

Answer 1

Wilderness

Question 2

Who was the powerful ruler of England in 1585?

Answer 2

Queen Elisabeth I

Question 3

What is another name for businessman

Answer 3

Merchants

Question 4

What is an official permit to start settlements?

Answer 4

Charter

Question 5

What is a combination house fort and church called?

Answer 5

Common house

Question 6

What is it called when A group of people make plans to Govern or rule themselves?

Answer 6

Self government

Question 7

What is the name of a written promise or agreement?

Answer 7

Treaty

Question 8

Who was the first English child born in America?

Answer 8

Virginia Dare

Question 9

Name the English king who wanted to have a successful colony in America.

Answer 9

King James I

Question 10

Name the group of merchants who paid for the founding of Jamestown.

Answer 10

London company

Question 11

Name the three ships which brought the Jamestown settlers to America.

Answer 11

Susan constant, Godspeed, discovery

Question 12

Who was the leader of the Jamestown colony that said, “He that does not work does not eat?”

Answer 12

Capt. John Smith

Question 13

Name the Englishmen who wanted to separate from the church of England.

Answer 13

separatist

Question 14

Name the ship that brought the pilgrims to America.

Answer 14

Mayflower

Question 15

Name the people on board the Mayflower they were not separatist.

Answer 15

Strangers

Question 16

What name was given to refer to the separatist and strangers who traveled together on the Mayflower?

Answer 16

Pilgrims

Question 17

What was the first written agreement for self-government in America?

Answer 17

Mayflower compact

Question 18

Who was the first governor of Plymouth?

Answer 18

John Carver

Question 19

What was the name of the pilgrims minister?

Answer 19

Elder Brewster

Question 20

Name the soldier chosen by the pilgrims to guide them in dealing with the Indians and in building a settlement.

Answer 20

Capt. Miles Standish

Question 21

Name the three friendly Indians who helped the Plymouth settlers.

Answer 21

Samoset, Squanto, Massasoit,

Question 22

Who was the governor of Plymouth for nearly 36 years?

Answer 22

William Bradford

Question 23

Name the history of Plymouth written by William Bradford

Answer 23

Of Plymouth plantation

Question 24

Name the early English colony in America that disappeared.

Answer 24

Roanoke

Question 25

What is another name for Roanoke?

Answer 25

The lost colony

Question 26

What was the name given to England's land in America?

Answer 26

Virginia

Question 27

What was England's first permanent settlement in the New World?

Answer 27

Jamestown

Question 28

Name the bay on which Jamestown was built.

Answer 28

Chesapeake Bay

Question 29

Name the area where the Pilgrims settled.

Answer 29

Massachusetts

Question 30

Name the settlement founded by the Pilgrams in 1620.

Answer 30

Plymouth

Question 31

In what year did England defeat the Spanish Armada?

Answer 31

1588

Question 32

What year was Jamestown founded?

Answer 32

1607

Question 33

In what year was Plymouth founded?

Answer 33

1620

Question 34

What four things did King James hope to accomplish by beginning a colony?

Answer 34

1. Find a sea passage through America to the riches of the Indies 2. Find gold, silver, and valuable minerals 3. Find the people of the lost colony Roanoke 4. Teach the Indians Christianity

Question 35

What country did English separatist move to before coming to America?

Answer 35

Holland

Question 36

What three things did the pilgrims search for in a place to settle?

Answer 36

1. A good supply of drinking water 2. A good harbor for ships to sail into 3. A place free from unfriendly Indians

Question 37

What was John Smith's rule for the columnist of Jamestown?

Answer 37

He that does not work shall not eat

Question 38

Name the people who wanted to purify the Church of England

Answer 38

Puritans

Question 39

Who was the governor of Massachusetts?

Answer 39

John Winthrop

Question 40

Who is the man who was beaten with a whip in Massachusetts for preaching the gospel?

Answer 40

Obadiah Holmes

Question 41

Name the man who founded Rhode Island.

Answer 41

Roger Williams

Question 42

Name the minister who went to England to get a charter for Rhode Island.

Answer 42

Dr. John Clarke

Question 43

Name the English ship that brought the settlers to new Hampshire.

Answer 43

Jonathan

Question 44

Name the man who gave New Hampshire it's name.

Answer 44

John Mason

Question 45

Name the preacher who built Hartford.

Answer 45

Thomas Hooker

Question 46

What was the document that established Connecticut's system of government?

Answer 46

Fundamental orders of Connecticut

Question 47

Name the new England colonies

Answer 47

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

Question 48

What colony was founded by the Puritans?

Answer 48

Massachusetts Bay colony

Question 49

What the largest town in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

Answer 49

Boston

Question 50

What was the first settlement in Rhode Island?

Answer 50

Providence

Question 51

What was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?

Answer 51

Rhode Island

Question 52

Name the Indian word from which Connecticut gets its name means "on or beside the long tidal river"

Answer 52

Quinnehtukqut

Question 53

What was the first major settlement in Connecticut?

Answer 53

Hartford

Question 54

In what year was the Massachusetts Bay colony founded?

Answer 54

1630

Question 55

In what year was the fundamental orders of Connecticut ?

Answer 55

1639

Question 56

What does Quinnehtukqut mean?

Answer 56

On or beside the long tidal river