Worlds Collide, 1450-1630

Question 1

In 1620, the first agreement for self-government in America was signed by 41 men on the Mayflower, which set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

Answer 1

Mayflower Compact

Question 2

Pilgrim (Separatist) leader who was governor of the Plymouth colony for 30 years. He helped develop private land ownership and helped the colony survive.

Answer 2

William Bradford

Question 3

Separatists who believed that the Church of England could not be reformed, so they fled to America and settled in Plymouth in 1620.

Answer 3

Pilgrims

Question 4

Non-separatists who wanted to purify the Church of England of Catholic rituals and settled in Massachusetts Bay colony in 1629.

Answer 4

Puritans

Question 5

In 1629, King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern this colony, which established political freedom and a representative government.

Answer 5

Massachusetts Bay Colony

Question 6

The national church of England founded by King Henry VIII, which included both Roman Catholic and Protestant ideas.

Answer 6

Anglican Church or Church of England

Question 7

In 1629, led 1,000 Puritans to America to escape religious persecution and wanted to build an ideal Christian society.

Answer 7

John Winthrop

Question 8

In 1630, persecution by King Charles I brought 25,000 Puritans to America to practice their religion.

Answer 8

Great Puritan Migration

Question 9

This religion influenced both Pilgrims and Puritans, which rejected the authority of the Roman Catholic church and stressed predestination of every person. God chose who would be saved at birth.

Answer 9

Calvinism (John Calvin)

Question 10

The church founded by the Puritans that stressed morality over church rituals.

Answer 10

Congregational Church

Question 11

This company founded Virginia as a profit earning venture, but would eventually go bankrupt making Virginia into a royal colony.

Answer 11

Virginia Company

Question 12

This system was used by the Virginia Company in which 50 acres of land was granted to any man who would bring a servant and emigrate to America.

Answer 12

Headright System

Question 13

Helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.

Answer 13

John Smith

Question 14

In 1619, John Rolfe (married Pocahontas) was an English settler who introduced this cash crop into Virginia, making it an economically successful colony.

Answer 14

Tobacco

Question 15

In 1619, the first African slaves arrived in this American colony.

Answer 15

Virginia

Question 16

In 1619, this became the first legislative body in colonial America, which would be adopted by other colonies.

Answer 16

House of Burgesses (Virginia)

Question 17

A medieval inheritance law that awarded all of a father’s property to the eldest son.

Answer 17

Primogeniture

Question 18

Chief source of labor in the plantation economies of Virginia and Maryland. Workers sign a contract in which their passage to the colonies would be paid in exchange for 4-7 years of labor.

Answer 18

Indentured Servant

Question 19

Most powerful Native American political alliance that consisted of five nations: Seneca, Cayuga, Onondaga, Oneida, Mohawk.

Answer 19

Iroquois Confederacy

Question 20

During the years 1450-1600, there was a rebirth of classical learning, artistic and scientific activity, improvements in technology, and the wide use of the printing press.

Answer 20

European Renaissance

Question 21

Exchange of foods, plants, animals, and diseases between the Europeans and Indians.

Answer 21

Columbian Exchange

Question 22

Pope divides the Western Hemisphere between Spain and Portugal.

Answer 22

Papal Line of Demarcation

Question 23

Spain got most of North and South America, while Portugal got parts of East Africa and Brazil.

Answer 23

Treaty of Tordesillas

Question 24

First Spanish settlement in North America in 1565. (Florida)

Answer 24

St. Augustine

Question 25

Southwest Indians rebelled against Spanish rule in 1680.

Answer 25

Pueblo Revolt “Pope’s Rebellion”

Question 26

This country originally colonized Canada.

Answer 26

France

Question 27

French Protestants

Answer 27

Huguenots

Question 28

This country originally founded New Netherlands (New York State) in 1609. New Amsterdam later becomes New York City.

Answer 28

Dutch

Question 29

This nation conquered, ruled, and intermarried with Native Americans.

Answer 29

Spain

Question 30

This nation settled Native American lands while also driving them away.

Answer 30

Great Britain

Question 31

This nation looked for furs and converts among Native Americans, but also saw them as economic and military allies.

Answer 31

France

Question 32

This country defeated the Spanish Armada in 1588, which allowed them to colonize the New World.

Answer 32

Great Britain

Question 33

A type of colony that was owned and maintained by stockholders who pooled their money for the purpose of making a profit.

Answer 33

Charter Colony (Founded by a joint-stock company)

Question 34

A type of colony financed and run by the king. The king also appointed a governor for the colony.

Answer 34

Royal Colony (Crown Colony)

Question 35

A type of colony that was given to a wealthy person to alleviate the amount of money the king invested in the colonies.

Answer 35

Proprietary Colony (Land given by the king)

Question 36

Founded by the Virginia Company (Joint-stock company) in 1607 and became the first permanent English colony in the Chesapeake Bay.

Answer 36

Jamestown

Question 37

These two colonies were established around to Chesapeake Bay.

Answer 37

Virginia and Maryland

Question 38

The voyage taken by African slaves on horribly overcrowded ships from Africa to the Americas.

Answer 38

Middle Passage

Question 39

Britain’s first attempt to settle North America by Sir Walter Raleigh occurred between 1584-1590, but ultimately failed.

Answer 39

Roanoke Colony

Question 40

Puritan leader who wanted to build an ideal Christian society, which he referred to as “a city upon a hill”

Answer 40

John Winthrop