History: Preparing for Quiz 2

Select the founders for the colony of New Jersey.

Berkeley and Carteret

Lord Baltimore began Maryland for the ________________.

Catholics

Oglethorpe did not allow slavery there

Georgia

Who was the first governor of the Plymouth colony?

John Carver

Who led a group of Puritans to Salem?

John Endicott

The colonist who first planted tobacco was:

John Rolfe

The leader who rescued Jamestown during its first year was:

John Smith

Sir Fernando Gorges' land grant was never settled, and part of it was claimed by:

Massachusetts

John Mason

New Hampshire

Penn's woods

Pennsylvania

The Dutch governor of New Amsterdam was:

Peter Stuyvesant

The first settlement started by the Pilgrims was on the New England coast at:

Plymouth

Roger Williams

Rhode Island

A farm of many acres, worked by slaves or servants.

plantation

A person with the exclusive title to something.

proprietor

The condition or fact of being represented.

representation

Which part of the colonial government had members elected by the colonists?

the assembly

Which part of the colonial government assisted the governor?

the council

The lawmaking body of Virginia was called the:

House of Burgesses

A formal document granting special rights or privileges to a person or company.

charter

Thomas Hooker

Connecticut

colony named after Sir George Carteret's English home

New Jersey

colony purchased from the Duke of York by William Penn

Delaware

The written guarantee of New York colonists' rights was called the Charter of ____________________.

Liberties

In signing the ____________________, the Pilgrims agreed to obey their government.

Mayflower Compact

The colonies given in payment of debts were:

New Jersey Pennsylvania

land grant to eight noblemen, became a colony of small individual farms

North Carolina

John Rolfe married Pocahontas, the daughter of the Indian Chief ________________________.

Powhatan

English Protestants who tried to simplify rituals in the Church of England.

Puritans

The religious group that settled Philadelphia was the:

Quakers

A group of Protestants who wanted to separate from the Church of England.

Separatists

The Jamestown governor who gave each man land was:

Sir Thomas Dale

land grant to eight noblemen, became a colony of large slave owning estates

South Carolina

Why were the Fundamental Orders important, and what did they provide for Connecticut colonists?

The Fundamental Orders are important because it is a model for future colonial and state constitutions in America. It has provided confirming the meeting and uniting all of the communities into a new colony, Connecticut.

Which of the following were true of the relationship between governors and colonial assemblies by 1750-1760?

The assemblies had gained experience and confidence. The assemblies believed the colonists had a right to representation under their royal charters. The governor frequently could not control the assembly.

Why wasn't South Carolina upset when part of its land was given to Georgia?

They were happy for the additional settlements between themselves and Spanish Florida.

Which of the following are true of the developing colony at Jamestown?

Tobacco became the main crop and made the colony profitable. The first African slaves were brought in by the Dutch in 1619.

The ___________________ Act of 1649 established religious freedom for both Catholics and Protestants.

Toleration

Rhode Island and Connecticut had self-government from the beginning because they were set up without the king's authority. True or False

True

When Virginians could help make laws, self-government began in America. True or False

True

Made fuller and more extensive; expanded; enlarged.

amplified

Profits for growing crops ______________________ when the law was changed to allow lifelong African slavery.

increased

Those who worked to pay their way to America were called:

indentured servants

What were the benefits that Penn offered in order to draw settlers to his colony?

inexpensive land, religious freedom, and fair government

Which part of the colonial government headed the colony and carried out the king's orders?

the proprietor