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Question 1

Sir Francis Drake

Answer 1

English adventurer who was honored by Queen Elizabeth after he attacked Spanish ships & ports

Question 2

Spanish Armada

Answer 2

Spain’s fleet of warships that was defeated by England; its defeat marked the end of Spanish control of the seas

Question 3

charter

Answer 3

a document granted by the king that gives holders the right to organize settlements in an area

Question 4

joint-stock company

Answer 4

a company in which investors buy stock (part ownership) in the company in return for a share of its future profits

Question 5

Pocahontas

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daughter of Chief Powhatan who married colonist John Rolfe

Question 6

Jamestown, Virginia

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First permanent English settlement in North America

Question 7

dissent

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to disagree

Question 8

Puritans

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Protestants who wanted to reform the Church of England (a.k.a. Anglican Church) of all Catholic rituals & traditions

Question 9

Separatists

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Protestants who wanted to leave the Church of England (a.k.a. Anglican Church) & set up their own churches

Question 10

Pilgrims

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Separatists, including 35 men, women, & children, who initially fled to the Netherlands to escape religious persecution in England, but found little work; sailed on the Mayflower & settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Question 11

Mayflower

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ship Pilgrims sailed on to reach Plymouth, Massachusetts

Question 12

Mayflower Compact

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a formal document, written in 1620 aboard the Mayflower, that provided law & order to Plymouth colony; a necessary step in the development of representative government in the new colonies

Question 13

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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first written constitution/plan for a government in America

Question 14

William Penn

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a wealthy English Quaker who received land as payment for a debt that King Charles II owed to Penn’s father, Admiral William Penn; Founded Pennsylvania in 1681 as a safe-haven for Quakers & as a “Holy Experiment”

Question 15

Quakers

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Protestants a.k.a. Society of Friends, guided by their own ‘Inner Light’,against rank & outward show, believed in religious toleration, equality, & freedom, pacifists

Question 16

pacifist

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people against force, violence, & war

Question 17

proprietary colony

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a colony in which the owner, or proprietor, owned all the land & controlled the government

Question 18

indentured servant

Answer 18

laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America