quiz 3, Chapter 2, pp. 21-28 Flashcards

1
Q

What term means that the government leaves individuals free to own businesses and make a living dependent on their own initiative?

A

free enterprise

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2
Q

What document did the Pilgrim leaders write which set a precedent for representative government?

A

Mayflower Compact

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3
Q

What settlement, established in 1607, became the first permanent English settlement in the New World?

A

Jamestown

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4
Q

What was the name of the representative assembly in Jamestown that acted as an advisory body to the governor of the colony of Virginia and assisted him in making laws?

A

House of Burgesses

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5
Q

Why did the common-store system fail?

A

Some worked hard to contribute to the storehouse, but others had no initiative. With everyone benefiting from the storehouse but only a few contributing to it, the food supply was quickly depleted.

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6
Q

The first English child born in America was named

A

Virginia Dare

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7
Q

Pastor __________ led his congregation of Separatists from England to Holland to escape persecution and to gain religious freedom.

A

John Robinson

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8
Q

__________ was the first Englishman to sail around the world.

A

Francis Drake

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9
Q

______ introduced the tobacco crop to the colonists.

A

John Rolfe

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10
Q

________ became the first modern European explorer to set foot on the mainland of North America.

A

John Cabot

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