Key terms and people

Question 1

the first colony in the United States; set up in 1607 along the James River in Virginia

Answer 1

Jamestown

Question 2

English colonist to the Americas who helped found the Jamestown Colony and encouraged settlers to work harder and build better housing. “If you don’t work, you don’t eat!”

Answer 2

John Smith

Question 3

American Indian princess, she saved the life of John Smith when he was captured and sentenced to death by the Powhatan. She was later taken prisoner by the English, converted to Christianity, and married colonist John Rolfe.

Answer 3

Pocahontas

Question 4

a colonist who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

Answer 4

Indentured servant

Question 5

an attack led by Nathaniel Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in Virginia

Answer 5

Bacon’s Rebellion

Question 6

a Maryland law that made restricting the religious rights of Christians a crime; the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America

Answer 6

Toleration Act 1649

Question 7

African American abolitionist, he was an enslaved African who was eventually freed and became a leader of the abolitionist movement and writer of The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

Answer 7

Olaudah Equiano

Question 8

laws passed in the colonies to control slaves

Answer 8

Slave Codes