Quiz #2: Colonization Begins
Who was the first Englishman to sail around the world?
Francis Drake
The first Englishman to attempt to colonize the New World was _____.
Sir Walter Raleigh
John Rolfe and John Smith were associated with the colony of:
Virginia
The House of Burgesses was part of the first democratic government of the colony of:
Virginia
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was:
a model for constitutions in the colonies
A colony run by a governor who was directly responsible to the crown was called:
a royal colony
Separatists
also called Pilgrims
The Mayflower Compact was:
an agreement to obey all laws made by the Pilgrim government
Gorges and Mason
established settlements in Maine and New Hampshire
The geographical dividing line between the tidewater and the piedmont in Virginia was known as a(n) _____?
fall line
Most English people belonged to the Church of England, a Catholic Church.
false
Thomas Hooker
founded Connecticut
John Winthrop
governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony
William Bradford
governor of the Plymouth Colony
The people of England were satisfied with Elizabeth I as queen; they had little interest in exploration at that time.
true
Edmund Andros
unpopular governor of the Dominion of New England
Puritans
wanted to purify the Church of England
In , the first black slaves were brought to Jamestown.
1619
Thomas Hooker was the founder of what colony in 1636?
Connecticut
The man who is credited with saving the settlement at Jamestown is _____.
John Smith
The colony established by Roger Williams in which religious freedom for all was permitted was:
Rhode Island
England became interested in colonization through the efforts of the geographer _____.
Richard Hakluyt
Providence Plantation was founded in 1636 by _____, torch bearer of religious freedom.
Roger Williams
Henry VIII
opposed Martin Luther
Elizabeth I
signed law, making Church of England official
Prosperity came to Virginia when John Rolfe introduced what staple crop?
tobacco
The Mayflower Compact was the first written attempt at self-government in the New World.
true