Important People

Question 1

John Smith

Answer 1

Leader of Jamestown

Question 2

Powhatan

Answer 2

Chief of local tribe

Pocahontas’ father

Question 3

John Rolfe

Answer 3

Est. tobacco plantations eased tensions with Native Americans and Pohatan by marrying Pocahontas

Question 4

King Henry

Answer 4

Declared himself as the head of the church of England

Question 5

William Bradford

Answer 5

Governor of the Mayflower compact for about 30 years

Question 6

John Winthrop

Answer 6

A wealthy respected lawyer who helped start the Ma. Bay colony

Question 7

Lord Baltimore

Answer 7

Helped est. a place where Catholics could practice freely

Act of Toleration

Question 8

William Penn

Answer 8

Received a charter from the king to est. a “Religious Utopia”

Question 9

King Charles II

Answer 9

Gave his brother a charter to own NY if he takes it over

Question 10

Roger Williams

Answer 10

Questioned Puritan teachings

created a colony where there was religious toleration for Jews

Question 11

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 11

Questioned Puritan teachings
put on trial
precedent of freedom of speech

Question 12

Thomas Hooker

Answer 12

Questioned Puritan teachings
left colony and settled in present day CT
Fundamental Orders of CT

Question 13

John Wheelright

Answer 13

Challenged teachings, forced to leave colony and settled in present day NH

Question 14

James Oglethorpe

Answer 14

Wants to est. a place where debtors are protected, buffer colony

Question 15

Charles Mason

Jerimiah Dixon

Answer 15

Mason - Dixon line

Line that split the North and South

Question 16

Metacom (King Phillip)

Answer 16

Led a revolt where Native Americans battled against English settlers

Question 17

Nathaniel Bacon

Answer 17

Led a revolt
Massacred Native Americans
Burned Jamestown and governor’s home

Question 18

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 18

Est. the first colony in NA after receiving a charter