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Who asked Queen Elizabeth for permission to begin a colony?

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Walter Raleigh

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Name a wild in the land that has not been settled

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Wilderness

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Who was the powerful ruler of England in 1585?

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Queen Elisabeth I

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What is another name for businessman

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Merchants

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What is an official permit to start settlements?

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Charter

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What is a combination house fort and church called?

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Common house

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

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Self government

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What is the name of a written promise or agreement?

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Treaty

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Who was the first English child born in America?

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Virginia Dare

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

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King James I

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

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London company

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

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Susan constant, Godspeed, discovery

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

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Capt. John Smith

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

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separatist

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Name the ship that brought the pilgrims to America.

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Mayflower

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

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Strangers

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

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Pilgrims

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

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Mayflower compact

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Who was the first governor of Plymouth?

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John Carver

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What was the name of the pilgrims minister?

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Elder Brewster

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

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Capt. Miles Standish

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Name the three friendly Indians who helped the Plymouth settlers.

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Samoset, Squanto, Massasoit,

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Who was the governor of Plymouth for nearly 36 years?

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William Bradford

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Name the history of Plymouth written by William Bradford

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Of Plymouth plantation

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Name the early English colony in America that disappeared.

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Roanoke

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What is another name for Roanoke?

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The lost colony

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

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Virginia

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

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Jamestown

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Name the bay on which Jamestown was built.

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Chesapeake Bay

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Name the area where the Pilgrims settled.

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Massachusetts

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Name the settlement founded by the Pilgrams in 1620.

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Plymouth

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In what year did England defeat the Spanish Armada?

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1588

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What year was Jamestown founded?

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1607

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In what year was Plymouth founded?

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1620

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

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

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Holland

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

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  1. A good supply of drinking water
  2. A good harbor for ships to sail into
  3. A place free from unfriendly Indians
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What was John Smith’s rule for the columnist of Jamestown?

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He that does not work shall not eat

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Name the people who wanted to purify the Church of England

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Puritans

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Who was the governor of Massachusetts?

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John Winthrop

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

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Obadiah Holmes

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Name the man who founded Rhode Island.

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Roger Williams

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

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Dr. John Clarke

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

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Jonathan

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

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John Mason

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Name the preacher who built Hartford.

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Thomas Hooker

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

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

47
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Name the new England colonies

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Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

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What colony was founded by the Puritans?

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Massachusetts Bay colony

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What the largest town in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

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Boston

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What was the first settlement in Rhode Island?

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Providence

51
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What was the first colony to offer complete religious freedom?

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Rhode Island

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

A

Quinnehtukqut

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What was the first major settlement in Connecticut?

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Hartford

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In what year was the Massachusetts Bay colony founded?

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1630

55
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In what year was the fundamental orders of Connecticut ?

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1639

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What does Quinnehtukqut mean?

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On or beside the long tidal river

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