Quiz 2: Colonization Begins
The period of the Crusades lasted nearly:
200 years
A colony run by a governor who was directly responsible to the crown was called:
A royal colony
The Mayflower Compact was:
An agreement to obey all laws made by the Pilgrim government.
Which one of the following is true of Jamestown?
Black slaves were brought to Jamestown in 1619.
After King Henry VIII's rule, most people belonged to which church?
Church of England
Unpopular governor of the Dominion of New England.
Edmund Andros
Signed law, making Church of England official.
Elizabeth I
Established settlements in Maine and New Hampshire.
Gorges and Mason
The printing press was invented by:
Gutenberg
Opposed Martin Luther
Henry VIII
Colonists who agreed to work for another in return for passage to America were called:
Indentured servants
What were the Pilgrims required to do if they wanted to leave Europe?
Invest in the London Company.
The Renaissance began in the country of:
Italy
The first Englishman to grow tobacco in the New World was:
John Rolfe
The man who is credited with saving the settlement at Jamestown is:
John Smith
Governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony.
John Winthrop
The period in Europe when life was uncomplicated and quite hard was the:
Middle Ages
Wanted to purify the Church of New England.
Puritans
The colony established by Roger Williams in which religious freedom for all was permitted was:
Rhode Island
Also called Pilgrims
Separatists
The first Englishman to sail around the world was...
Sir Francis Drake
Who was the first Englishman to attempt to colonize the New World?
Sir Walter Raleigh
Which of the following is true about Elizabeth I's reign?
The Church of England was established by law.
Which of the following statements are true about the Pilgrims' settlement?
The Plymouth colony became a part of the Massachusetts Bay Colony; the Pilgrims elected a governor prior to settling on the new land.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was:
The first written constitution in America.
The Mayflower Compact was:
The pilgrims attempt at self-government.
What did John Calvin and Martin Luther have in common?
They broke with the Catholic Church.
Founded Connecticut
Thomas Hooker
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 first English child born in the New World was
Virginia Dare
Governor of the Plymouth Colony
William Bradford
