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Social Studies Test
Friday
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What was the first English settlement? | Jamestown. |
| What's a charter? | An official document that gives certain rights to an individual or group. |
| Who's John Smith? | A leader who led the people of Jamestown. |
| What's Powhatan? | American Indians in the tidewater region of Virginia that were frequent visitors to Jamestown bringing foods and furs to trade. |
| How did Pocahontas play a significant role in American history? | She served as a vital link between the Native Americans and the Englishmen. |
| Who's John Rolfe? | An Englishmen who started the tobacco industry in Virginia. |
| What's a planter? | Wealthy farmers with large plantations. |
| Who were indentured servants? | Colonists who signed to work 4-7 years for those who paid for their ship fare to America. |
| What's the Head right system? | Entitles a planter to fifty acres of land for each servant brought into the colony. |
| Who created the Plymouth colony? | The pilgrims. |
| What's a sect? | A religious group of denomination. |
| What's a separatist? | A group of English protestants preferring to separate from rather than reform the church of England. |
| Who were the Pilgrims? | Pilgrims were the English separatists who founded Plymouth Colony in New England in 1620. |
| What's the Mayflower Compact? | Bound the group together for the purpose of passing "just and equal laws...... for the general good of the colony" |
| Who's William Bradford? | Took responsibility for arranging the details of the Pilgrims emigration to America. He served as Plymouth's governor for 30 years. |
| Who's Squanto? | A pawtuxet Indian who spoke English, he acted as a guide and interpreter. With his help colonists learned to plant corn, catch fish, and gather fruit. |
| Who founded the Massachusetts Bay colony? | The Puritans. |
| What's dissent? | To think or feel differently, disagree, to withhold approval. (You can't have democracy without dissent) |
| What's a Puritan? | Someone who wanted to reform or purify the Church of England. |
| What's covenant? | A sacred agreement. |
| Who founded Providence, Rhode Island? | Roger Williams. |
| Why was Providence, Rhode Island founded? | Supported religious tolerance and the separation of the church and state. |
| Who founded Portsmouth, Rhode Island? | Anne Hutchison. |
| Why was Portsmouth, Rhode Island founded? | Anne was exiled from Boston for questioning some Puritan teachings. |
| Who founded Hartford, Connecticut? | Thomas Hooker. |
| Why was Hartford, Connecticut founded? | Voting rights are separate and independent of Church membership. |
| What were the Fundamental orders of Connecticut? | Set up a government that did not require church membership to vote. |
| Who was the Wampanogs leader during King Philips War? | Metacom also known as King Philip to the English. |
| Why was King Philips War started? | In an attempt to preserve the Natives traditional way of life. |
| True or false - King Philips War was the last major Indian War in New England and its end left the English colonies free to expand? | True |
| True or false - William Smith could speak the language of the Natives so he was used as a translator? | False |
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