final 150

Question 1

Why did Europeans come to America to colonize?

Answer 1

they were looking for gold and silver

Question 2

Virginia Company

Answer 2

It was a joint stock company that gained a charter to establish Jamestown

Question 3

Jamestown

Answer 3

there was no gold here. tobacco saved Jamestown

Question 4

John Smith

Answer 4

English explorer and early leader of the Jamestown Colony

Question 5

Pocahontas

Answer 5

> daughter of chief Powhatan

>saved the life of john smith and married john Rolfe

Question 6

John Rolfe

Answer 6

the husband of Pocahontas

Question 7

Tobacco

Answer 7

saved Jamestown

Question 8

Bacon’s Rebellion

Answer 8

Bacon’s Rebellion was an armed rebellion in 1676 by Virginia settlers led by Nathaniel Bacon against the rule of Governor William Berkeley

Question 9

Plymouth colony

Answer 9

English colonial venture in North America from 1620 to 1691. The first settlement of the Plymouth Colony was at New Plymouth, a location previously surveyed and named by Captain John Smith.

Question 10

Pilgrims

Answer 10

Separatists who came to the colonies for religious freedom on the mayflower

Question 11

Mayflower

Answer 11

The Mayflower was an English ship that famously transported the first English Puritans

Question 12

Mayflower Compact

Answer 12

The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony

Question 13

William Bradford

Answer 13

> led pilgrims for over 30 years

>famous for writing Plymouth Plantation

Question 14

Squanto and Samoset

Answer 14

Wampanoag Indians

Question 15

Puritans

Answer 15

> had little tolerance for other religions

>believes were based on the Bible

Question 16

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Answer 16

The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century around the Massachusetts Bay

Question 17

John Winthrop

Answer 17

Governor of puritans and led many to modern day Boston to live

Question 18

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

Answer 18

they were both taken to trial over disagreeing with puritans and were kicked out of Massachusetts and formed Rhode Island

Question 19

Salem Witch Trials

Answer 19

a series of hearings and prosecutions of people accused of witchcraft where many who were falsely accused, were killed

Question 20

William Penn

Answer 20

> he was a Quaker

>founded Pennsylvania

Question 21

Quakers

Answer 21

> were tolerant of other people’s views
pacifists
positive treatment towards woman and native Americans

Question 22

Pacifists

Answer 22

people who refuse to fight or use force

Question 23

James Oglethorpe’s debtor and buffer colony

Answer 23

he created Georgia as a buffer state to keep other states separate. he was the first governor

Question 24

the great awakening

Answer 24

a number of periods of religious revival in American Christian history.

Question 25

Triangular Trade

Answer 25

a system in which slaves,crops, and manufactured goods were traded between Africa, the Caribbean and the American colonies

Question 26

Poor Richard’s Almanack, Albany Plan of Union and Join or Die Cartoon

Answer 26

Join, or Die is a political cartoon, drawn by Benjamin Franklin.

Question 27

John Peter Zenger Trial

Answer 27

accused the governor corruption of New York weekly journal and thrown in jail. he's was fount not guilty

Question 28

Cause of French and Indian War

Answer 28

failure of Albany plan of union