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 CompactNovember 11, 1620

What is the significance of the document excerpted above?

It established a self-governing colony based on rule of the people.