The British Enter the New World

Question 1

The Spanish Armada

Answer 1

The powerful Spanish navy which was defeated by Queen Elizabeth in 1580.

Question 2

Virginia Company of London

Answer 2

A joint-stock company which received a charter from King James I to settle in the New World.

Question 3

Captain John Smith

Answer 3

In 1608 he reached Jamestown and forced the settlers to survive.

Question 4

The starving winter

Answer 4

1609-1610, only 60 settlers survived.

Question 5

Lord De La Warr

Answer 5

Reached Jamestown in 1610 with military supplies, started the First Anglo-Powhatan War.

Question 6

John Rolfe

Answer 6

Married Pocahontas in 1614 ending the First Anglo-Powhatan War.

Question 7

House of Burgesses

Answer 7

An assembly created in Jamestown in 1619, first example of self-government. Caused King James I to make Virginia a colony directly under his control.

Question 8

Lord Baltimore

Answer 8

Formed Maryland in 1634 as a refuge for Roman Catholics.

Question 9

The Act of Toleration

Answer 9

A Maryland document which granted toleration to all Christians.

Question 10

Barbados Slave Code of 1661

Answer 10

Denied even the most fundamental rights to slaves, passed to control their growing numbers.

Question 11

William Penn

Answer 11

Founded Pennsylvania with Quakers with a promise of tolerance even for Indians.

Question 12

Major export of the West Indies

Answer 12

Sugar

Question 13

Major export of the Carolinas

Answer 13

Rice

Question 14

Major export of Virginia

Answer 14

Tobacco

Question 15

Sir Walter Raleigh

Answer 15

An English explorer who founded the colony of Roanoke which disappeared mysteriously.

Question 16

The colony of Virginia

Answer 16

Founded by the London Co. in 1607 (1st)

Question 17

The colony of New Hampshire

Answer 17

Founded by John Mason in 1623 (2nd)

Question 18

The colony of Massachusetts

Answer 18

Founded by Puritans in 1628 (3rd)

Question 19

Plymouth

Answer 19

Founded by separatists in 1620

Question 20

The colony of Maryland

Answer 20

Founded by Lord Baltimore in 1634 (4th)

Question 21

The colony of Connecticut

Answer 21

Founded by Thomas Hooker in 1635 (5th)

Question 22

The colony of Rhode Island

Answer 22

Founded by Roger Williams in 1636 (6th)

Question 23

The colony of Delaware

Answer 23

Founded by Peter Minuit in 1638 (7th)

Question 24

The colony of North Carolina

Answer 24

Founded by Virginians in 1653 (8th)

Question 25

The colony of New York

Answer 25

Founded by the Duke of York in 1664 (9th)

Question 26

The colony of New Jersey

Answer 26

Founded by Berkeley and Carteret in 1664 (10th)

Question 27

The colony of South Carolina

Answer 27

Founded by Eight Nobles in 1670 (11th)

Question 28

The colony of Pennsylvania

Answer 28

Founded by William Penn in 1681 (12th)

Question 29

The colony of Georgia

Answer 29

Founded by James Oglethorpe in 1733 (13th)

Question 30

Martin Luther

Answer 30

A German friar who began the Protestant Reformation by denouncing the Church.

Question 31

Institutes of the Christian Religion

Answer 31

A doctrine written by John Calvin which established Calvinism.

Question 32

Puritans

Answer 32

A religious group that wanted to see Catholicism leave England very quickly.

Question 33

Separatists

Answer 33

A tiny subsect of Puritans which broke away from the Church of England and were harassed by King James I.

Question 34

Plymouth Bay

Answer 34

The landing place of the Separatists in 1620 after leaving Holland.

Question 35

Captain Myles Standish

Answer 35

A prominent Indian killing captain on the Mayflower.

Question 36

The Mayflower Compact

Answer 36

The first attempt at a government in America, signed in 1620.

Question 37

William Bradford

Answer 37

Elected 30 times as governor of the Pilgrims.

Question 38

William Laud

Answer 38

An archbishop who promoted the executions of Puritans under Charles I.

Question 39

The Great Migration

Answer 39

In the 1630s 70,000 refugees left England for America, many of them went to the West Indies.

Question 40

Massachusetts Bay Company

Answer 40

Formed by non-separatist Puritans in 1629

Question 41

John Winthrop

Answer 41

The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Company.

Question 42

General Court

Answer 42

The ruling assembly of the Bay Colony.

Question 43

Visible Saints

Answer 43

Another name for the Puritans

Question 44

John Cotton

Answer 44

A devoted Puritan minister of the Bay Colony.

Question 45

The Day of Doom

Answer 45

A poem written by Michael Wigglesworth.

Question 46

Anne Hutchinson

Answer 46

An intelligent woman who was banned from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for challenging the Puritan orthodoxy.

Question 47

Roger Williams

Answer 47

An extreme separatist and popular Salem minister who was banished from the Mass. Bay Colony.

Question 48

Massasoit

Answer 48

The chieftain of the Wampanoag, he signed a treaty with the Puritans and had Thanksgiving with them.

Question 49

The Pequots

Answer 49

A powerful New England tribe slaughtered by English settlers.

Question 50

Metacom

Answer 50

Launched a series of attacks and raids against colonist towns in the 1670s

Question 51

New England Confederation

Answer 51

A confederation consisting of four Puritan colonies.

Question 52

Sir Edmund Andros

Answer 52

The leader of the dominion of New England, stopped town meetings, placed restrictions on courts, and revoked all land titles.

Question 53

Glorious Revolution

Answer 53

1688- Catholic King James II was dethroned and replaced with Protestant rulers, Massachusetts became a royal colony.