History Chapter 2

Question 1

What important change had taken place in England by 1585

Answer 1

England had become a Protestant Country in which the bible was available to all

Question 2

How did __________ change influence on the history of our country

Answer 2

All the ideas about morality, freedom, and individual responsibility that have made our country great came from the bible

Question 3

List three seeds that grew into the English reformation

Answer 3

John Wycliffe had the bible translated into English, William Tyndale’s bible had circulated widely, and Henry VIII broke England’s ties with the roman church

Question 4

Name the precedent set in the 1200s for more representative in New England

Answer 4

King John signed the Magna Carta in 1215

Question 5

Who explored North America for England

Answer 5

John Cabot

Question 6

What colony was established by Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 6

Roanoke Island

Question 7

What became of Raleigh’s first and second attempts to colonize

Answer 7

The first was abandoned, and the second disappeared

Question 8

Which two joint-stock companies were granted a charter to settle Virginia

Answer 8

London Company and the Plymouth Company

Question 9

Which part of virginia was each joint-stock company supposed to settle

Answer 9

London Southern Virginia

Plymouth Northern Virginia

Question 10

What was one important provision outlined for the colonists in the joint-stock company’s charter

Answer 10

the colonists were guaranteed the same rights liberties as Englishmen abiding in the home country

Question 11

_________ __________________ called for a bible to placed in every church, and people thronged to churches from miles around to hear the scriptures read aloud

Answer 11

Queen Elizabeth I

Question 12

What was the supposed water route through North America to the Pacific Ocean called

Answer 12

Northwest Passage

Question 13

What was the name of Francis Drake’s ship

Answer 13

Golden Hind

Question 13

__________ ________ embarked on a daring voyage that was to make him the first englishman to sail around the worlds

Answer 13

Francis Drake

Question 14

Who was Sir Walter Raleigh’s half brother

Answer 14

Sir Humphrey Gilbert

Question 15

How did the common store hurt the Jamestown colony

Answer 15

Only few people contributed to the common storehouse and soon they ran out of food

Question 16

How did John Smith remedy Jamestown’s problem

Answer 16

He established the free enterprise system

Question 17

Upon what scripture was John Smith’s policy based for Jamestown

Answer 17

2 Thess. 3:10

Question 18

What did the free enterprise system do for the colony

Answer 18

It provided the incentive necessary for the production of sufficient crops

Question 19

What precedent was set by the House of Burgesses

Answer 19

The precedent of Representative Government

Question 20

Why did the Scrooby Congregation go to Leyden

Answer 20

To escape persecution in England

Question 21

Why did the Scrooby congregation resolve to leave Holland and go to The New World

Answer 21

Out of the concern of their children’s physical and spiritual health

Question 22

Who sponsored the Pilgrims on their trip to the new world

Answer 22

A group of London businessmen

Question 23

What serious problem did the pilgrims face when they landed on November 11

Answer 23

They landed outside of the territory of the London company, and had no basis for civil government

Question 24

How did the pilgrims solve this problem

Answer 24

Made the Mayflower Compact

Question 25

How did the Mayflower compact set a precedent for representative government in America

Answer 25

It expressed how much the people wanted a government and to submit to its authority

Question 26

How did the Indians help the pilgrims

Answer 26

They taught the pilgrims how to hunt, fish, and plant crops

Question 27

What stranger rose to prominence as leader of the Pilgrim defense force

Answer 27

Miles Standish

Question 28

What was the purpose of thanksgiving

Answer 28

To give thanks to god for his many blessings

Question 29

What was the first American history book

Answer 29

History of Plymouth Plantation

Question 30

Who wrote the first American history book

Answer 30

William Bradford

Question 31

Was the common store house more successful in Plymouth than in Jamestown

Answer 31

No

Question 32

How did the pilgrims set a precedent for republican self government in America

Answer 32

All freemen met in the general court to pass laws and conduct business for the colony. Delegates were chosen to represent people. The pilgrims were dominated by Scriptural concepts and had great respect for law and order

Question 33

How did the pilgrims set a precedent for religious freedom

Answer 33

People were free to attend the church of their choice

Question 34

Who was the elected the first governor of Plymouth Colony

Answer 34

John Carver

Question 35

Who wrote the history of Plymouth Plantation

Answer 35

William Bradford

Question 36

Where the pilgrims landed in the New World

Answer 36

Cape Cod

Question 37

Who sailed around the world for England

Answer 37

Francis Drake

Question 38

Who was the first English child born in America

Answer 38

Virginia Dare

Question 39

What was the name of the system that payed ones passage to the new world

Answer 39

Indentured servant

Question 40

Who was granted a charter to settle on the Virginia coast

Answer 40

London Co.

Question 41

Who headed Plymouth's military defense force

Answer 41

Miles Standish

Question 42

The ship in which the Pilgrims sailed in to the new world

Answer 42

Mayflower

Question 43

System that saved Jamestown from destruction

Answer 43

Free enterprise system

Question 44

Who claimed the Atlantic Ocean for England

Answer 44

John Cabot

Question 45

In a ________ ________ company businessmen pooled their resources to settle the New World

Answer 45

Joint Stock

Question 46

What is another name for the common store system

Answer 46

Communal system

Question 47

The _____________ ________ system was an early attempt at socialism that failed miserably

Answer 47

Common store

Question 48

An important precedent was set when the men of the Mayflower signed the what establishing an early form of government

Answer 48

Mayflower Compact

Question 49

The Scrooby congregation was pastored by who, who led them to Holland to escape persecution

Answer 49

John Robinson

Question 50

Delegates from Virginia met in Jamestown and formed a representative assembly called the __________ ___ ______________

Answer 50

House of Burgesses

Question 51

Captain ________ ___________ took charge of Jamestown and established a policy of no work no food among the settlers

Answer 51

John Smith

Question 52

The group dissenters called ______________ wanted to withdraw completely from the Anglican Church and form independent churches

Answer 52

Separatists

Question 53

They arrived on the Mayflower and landed at Cape Cod

Answer 53

Pilgrims

Question 54

The ship Francis Drake used to raid Spanish ships

Answer 54

Golden Hind

Question 55

The crop John Rolfe introduced to the Virginian settlers

Answer 55

Tobacco

Question 56

The only clue found by John White when he returned to Roanoke

Answer 56

Croatoan

Question 57

Indian princess married to John Rolfe

Answer 57

Pocahontas

Question 58

An event that serves as an example to be followed in the future

Answer 58

Precedent

Question 59

King of England who granted charters to the London and Plymouth companies

Answer 59

James I

Question 60

The Dutch city the pilgrims lived in for 11 years

Answer 60

Leyden

Question 61

Indian guide and interpreter who taught the pilgrims how to hunt fish and plant crops

Answer 61

Squanto

Question 62

The type of colony Virginia became in 1624

Answer 62

Royal