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Ch. 3
Colonial America Test Review
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What are people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes? | pacificts |
| Where in America was religious tolerance first practiced? | Rhode Island |
| William Penn allowed some of Pennsylvania’s southern counties to function as a separate colony called? | Delaware |
| Which of these was originally called New Amsterdam? | New York City or Colony |
| Which crop saved Jamestown by making money for the settlement’s investors? | tobacco |
| Which of original 13 colonies was established as a place for debtors to make a fresh start? | Georgia |
| The Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1609–1610 | "the starving time" |
| What did groups of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America? | a charter |
| The Pilgrims survived in Plymouth due to the help of? | Squanto and Samoset |
| The Mayflower Compact was a | pledge to obey the laws of the colony |
| What is a constitution? | a plan of government |
| This Powhatan princess befriended Capt. John Smith, married John Rolfe, and served as a link between colonists and Native Americans | Pocahontas |
| What is a burgess? | an elected representative in government |
| What is a joint-stock company? | investors buy part ownership, or shares in a company (or colony) |
| This conflict, led by Wampanoag leader Metacomet, destroyed the power of Native Americans in New England. | King Philip's War |
| Which colony was founded as a place for Catholics to practice their religion freely? | Maryland |
| What was the conflict called in Virginia where a planter rebelled against the government and led an attack on Native American's? | Bacon's Rebellion |
| These servants were settlers who paid for their passage to America by working without pay for a period of time. | indentured servants |
| The first English child born in the American colonies was? | Virginia Dare |
| What kind of company has investors buy shares, or part ownership, in a company in the hope of sharing future profits? | joint-stock |
| People from the continent of _________were enslaved in the Southern Colonies. | Africa |
| the acceptance of the beliefs of other people | tolerance |
| to disagree with or oppose an opinion | dissent |
| a person or country that owes money | debtor |
| to mistreat a person or group for their beliefs | persecute |
| The dividing line between Pennsylvania and Maryland is called the _________line | Mason-Dixon |
| Why did Sir Calvert believe Catholics should be tolerated in Maryland? | They were persecuted in England |
| This pacifist group, also called the Society of Friends, believed that everyone was equal | Quakers |
| Pennsylvania was founded by | William Penn |
| Connecticut was founded when a man named Thomas Hooker disagreed with the leadership of this group in Massachusetts | The Puritans |
| The Plymouth colony survived and were befriended by the Massasoit people with the help of | Squanto and Samoset |
| These people, also known as the Pilgrims, were persecuted for their beliefs in England. They came to the New World for religious freedom | Separatists |
| This Protestant English king granted the Virginia Company a charter to fund the Jamestown Colony in 1606. | James I |
| Pocahontas actually married Englishman, _______,and went to England where they had a son. | John Rolfe |
| This country forbade anyone from anywhere else to grow tobacco using their seeds, but the Englishman John Rolfe smuggled some into the New World and saved Jamestown | Spain |
| The people of Jamestown Colony nearly starved because they | were too busy looking for gold to plant crops |
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