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U.S. History
JENNIFFER POMAR P.3
Question | Answer |
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Who was the first English child born in America? | Virginia Dare |
People who own other people money are called what? | Debtors |
What did they grow back then in North Carolina? | Timber, tobacco, and tar |
What is the meaning of constitution? | A written plan for the government |
What is the difference between indentured servants and enslaved Africans? | The indentured servants agreed to work for a certain amount of years but enslaved Africans were forced to work for the rest of their lives. |
What is the reason for the founding of Maryland? | A place where Catholics could practice their religion freely. |
What caused the Bacon's Rebellion? | Governor Berkeley not letting settlers expanding their land to the west. |
The Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1609-1610 | the "starving time" |
What was the effect of Bacon's Rebellion? | It showed that government should listen to people's demands |
What was Georgia founded for? | As a place to give debtors and poor people a fresh start and to act as barrier against Spanish expansion. |
Why couldn't John White return to Roanoke for almost three years? | Because his country was in war and he couldn't sail back. |
In 1620 the Pilgrims sailed to North America aboard a ship called | The Mayflower |
In 1624 King James took away the company's charter and declared it a ________ colony. | Royal |
Almost half the Pilgrims died during their first winter from .. | Illness, hunger, and cold. |
Plymoth would become part of a nearby colony called ... | Massachuetts |