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Chapter 3 Quiz
This is to test if you know Chapter 3 fluently.
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| How did the Dutch West India Company increase the colony's population? | By offering large grants of land for anybody that could bring at least 50 settlers to work the land. |
| How did England get New Amsterdam? | By sending a fleet to attack New Amsterdam and Peter Stuyvesant (the governor) surrendered it to them. |
| By which year did New Jersey become a royal colony? | 1702. |
| What's a pacifist? | "People opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes." |
| What did William Penn believe about Philadelphia? | "That the land belonged to the Native Americans and that settlers should pay for it." |
| What year did colonists have the right to elect representatives to the legislature? | 1701. |
| What's a patroon? | "Landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land." |
| What was alike about New York and New Jersey? | They both had a diverse population. |
| Which colony was the fastest in growing? | New York. |
| In which year did the English government allow citizens of New York to elect their legislature? | 1691. |
| What did the proprietors do in New Jersey to attract settlers? | They offered large tracts of land and also promising freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative assembly. |
| New Netherland was under who's control? | The Dutch. |
| What was New Jersey named after? | After the English channel island Jersey (where Carteret was born). |
| What's a proprietor? | The owner of something. |
| When was the colony of Maryland settled? | 1634. |
| What's an indentured servant? | "Laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America." |
| What's an estate? | "Large area of land that has one owner". |
| Who mapped the boundary line between Maryland and Pennsylvania? | Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon |
| Were Protestants and Catholic both allowed in Maryland and Pennsylvania? | Yes. |
| How were Protestants can Catholics both protected? | The Act of Toleration in 1649. |
| Who was Nathaniel Bacon? | "Nathaniel Bacon was a young planter in western Virginia. He opposed the colonial government because it was dominated by easterners. He also led attack on Native American villages in 1676." |
| Did the rebellion end after Nathaniel Bacon died? | Yes. |
| What did Bacon's Rebellion show? | "Bacon's Rebellion showed that government could not ignore the demands of its people." |
| In 1663 what land did King Charles II create? | Carolina. |
| Why did King Charles II named the land Carolina? | It was Latin for "Charles Land". |
| What did farmers do in North Carolina? | "They grew tobacco and sold timber and tar." |
| What did settlers in South Carolina take advantage of? | They took advantage of the fertile land and the harbor at Charles Town (later Charleston). |
| What were two crops that dominated in Carolina? | Rice and Indigo. |
| When was Georgia founded? | 1733. |
| What was the last British colony formed in America? | Georgia. |
| In Georgia what punishment can a debtor receive if they can't pay back money. | Imprisonment. |
| In 1751 what did Oglethorpe do with Georgia? | Turn it over to the king. |
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