1. What was the first ATTEMPT to
colonize in America?
Roanoke
2. When was Jamestown founded and
what resources helped it be
successful?
1607
Fertile land, plentiful game, and
abundant timber
3. What was the first written
constitution in America?
Fundamental Orders of
Connecticut
4. Which groups came to America for
religious freedom, to have a better life,
and to escape persecution in England?
Puritans or Pilgrims
5. What is the significance of the
Mayflower Compact?
Established a self governing
colony based on rule of the
people
6. When additional workers were
needed on the plantations, who did the
colony bring in?
Indentured Servants and Slaves
7. What happened to the Native
Americans due to European Migration in
the 1700 and 1800’s?
They lost their land!
8. Who helped the Pilgrims survive
their first winter in America?
Native Americans named
Squanto and Samoset
9. Separation of Church and State
started in what colony?
Rhode Island
10. Who started Pennsylvania and what
religion did he belong to?
William Penn
Quakers
11. Which colonial region was known for
its diversity?
Middle Colonies
12. What were the most common crops
in the Southern Colonies?
Indigo, Rice, and Tobacco
13. What was the role of the colonies
under mercantilism?
Provide the mother country with
raw materials
14. How did geography influence the
early economic development of New
York, Boston, and Charleston?
Natural harbors provided access
to markets
15. Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams
being banished by the Pilgrims caused
the creation of new colonies based on
what principle?
Freedom of religion
16. Why did Catholics immigrate to
Maryland in the 1700’s?
Escape persecution
17. In many of the colonies, what is an
example of self government that can be
found?
An elected legislature
18. The 1500s in the Americas can be
described as an era of ________.
Exploration
19. Why was the defeat of the Spanish
Armada important?
Spain no longer had control of
the seas, England had power
over Spain, it encouraged other
countries to challenge Spain
20. What is charter?
Permission from the king to
establish a colony
21. What is a proprietary colony?
Colony under private ownership
22. What is a royal colony?
Colony ruled by the KING
23. What cash crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
24. What documents and/or legislative
bodies showed that they colonists were
using representative practices in their
colonies?
House of Burgesses,
Fundamental orders of
Connecticut, and Mayflower
Compact
25. What group was sent to settle
Georgia?
Debtors and poor people!
26. What was the Columbian Exchange?
The movement of plants, animals
and diseases between
hemispheres
27. What events caused the Great
Migration?
The movement of 20,000
Puritans from England to the
American Colonies
Which region was
mainly involved in
shipbuilding,
forestry, and
fishing?
New England colonies
We whose names are underwritten…
combine ourselves into a civil body
politic….
Mayflower Compact
November 11, 1620
What is the significance of the
document excerpted above?
It established a self-governing colony
based on rule of the people.