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Ch 3
The Colonies Take Root
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the name of the English colony that vanished sometime after 1587? | Roanoke |
| What word was found carved into a tree at the Roanoke colony? | Croatoan |
| A document that grants rights to start a colony is called this? | charter |
| The first permanent English colony in North America was? | Jamestown |
| The first form of representative government established in Virginia was called? | The House of Burgesses |
| What was the pact signed by 41 male Pilgrims on the Mayflower called? | Mayflower Compact |
| This tough and strict leader of the Jamestown colony was injured and went back to England. His departure brought on the "starving time." | John Smith |
| This chief was father to Pocahontas. What is his name? | Powhatan |
| What is the name of the church started by King Henry VIII? | Church of England |
| Thin, rocky soil, long winters, and mountains throughout describe this area of colonies. | The New England Colonies |
| Who was the leader of the Puritans that left England for North America in 1630? | John Winthrop |
| The Puritans would assemble and discuss local issues as a group. This early form of democracy is called what? | town meeting |
| Indian Chief Metacom started a conflict with the English settlers in 1675. What was this conflict called? | King Phillip's War |
| What nickname is given to the Middle Colonies? | Breadbasket of America |
| Before it was called New York City, the Dutch called it? | New Amsterdam |
| New York is named after who? | James, the Duke of York |
| A colony created by a grant of land from a monarch to an individual or family is called a what? | Proprietary colony |
| A colony controlled directly by an English king is called a what? | Royal colony |
| Who was the Quaker leader that started Pennsylvania? | William Penn |
| What was Penn's holy experiment? | Allowing people of all faiths to live together in harmony. |
| This colony was once a part of Pennsylvania before it became a separate colony. | Delaware |
| This colony was once a part of New York before it became a separate colony. | New Jersey |
| Pennsylvania Dutch was a name given to what group of immigrants? | The Germans (Deutsch) |
| These colonies are known for their swampy and lowland geography, hot and humid summers, long grow seasons, and a plantation system that relied on slave labor. What are they? | The Southern Colonies |
| What do you call the system where voters elect people to make laws for them? | representative government |
| This Native American helped the Pilgrims plant crops and catch eels. Who was it? | Squanto |
| The English colonies of New York and New Jersey were originally these types of colonies. | proprietary colonies |
| The Pilgrims who came to North America in 1620 were also known as what? | Separatists |
| Which colony began as a Dutch settlement? | New York |
| What is the best way to describe the climate of the southern colonies? | warm and humid |
| What would you call a Spanish civilian town? | pueblo |
| What was the name of a frontier leader who led a rebellion against Native Americans for their land so poor colonists could grow tobacco? | Nathaniel Bacon |
| Bacon's Rebellion was named after what frontier leader? | Nathaniel Bacon |
| What is the name of the oldest European settlement in North America? | St. Augustine |
| The three major settlements in Northern Florida that slaves could escape to were centered around what type of structure? | Forts (presidios) |
| Who was the founder of the colony of Georgia? | James Oglethorpe |
| James Oglethorpe founded Georgia so who could live there without being persecuted? | English debtors |
| The colonies were established by the British for these main reasons, what are they? | Establish markets for English products and a source of raw materials for English industries. |
| What do we call the border line that separates the anti-slavery north from the pro-slavery south? | Mason-Dixon Line |
| What was the main reason that the Spanish established missions? | To convert the Indians to Christianity |
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