Vocabulary Multiple Choice Tell me! More Vocabulary True or False
The_____________ were members of a religious group who often faced religious persecution. William Penn was a member.
Who were the Quakers?
The __________________ was the Jamestown group of men who made the laws.
Who were the House of Burgesses?
A_____________________ is a very large farm where people grow crops to sell.
What is a plantation?
A __________________is when people invest in a company in order to earn profits.
What is a Joint-Stock company?
____________ was the name of the joint-stock company that began the settlement of Jamestown.
What is the Virginia Company?
John White was the governor of the second Roanoke Colony. Why was his return to Roanoke delayed? A. There was a lack of food. B. The English were fighting with the Spanish and needed his ships. C. He was afraid to go back. D. He felt Roanoke was a lost cause.
What is the English were fighting with the Spanish and needed his ships?
During the first summer at Jamestown, many settlers were killed by_______. A. Diseases B. Spanish soldiers C. French fur traders D. Floods
What is “A” Diseases?
What was a PUSH factor that influenced Quakers to settle in Pennsylvania? a. good relations with Native Americans b. religious persecution c. land d. poverty
What is “B” religious persecution?
The main reason people wanted to settle in New Amsterdam.. A. religious freedom B. land C. profit D. political freedom
What is “C” profit?
The Pilgrims wanted to start a colony _________________ A. to make a lot of money B. for religious freedom C. to own land D. for adventure
What is “ B” for religious freedom?
What is the mystery of Roanoke Island? Start from the beginning of the second settlement. Tell one of the possible explanations for what happened. Give as many details as possible.
150 men, women, and children settled in Roanoke, but they arrived too late and had to live on their supplies. As their supplies started to dwindle, John White decided to go back to England to get more. Unfortunately, his ship was delayed three years because of the war with Spain. When he returned, he found CRO carved into a tree, the fort dismantled, and everyone was gone! Many historians believe the colonists moved to the mainland and lived with the Native people
How did John Smith save Jamestown? You want to explain what was happening before John Smith saved the colony and what happened after.
Mrs. Ozanich will tell you if you are correct.
Three important events occurred in Jamestown during the year What were they?
Women arrived at the settlement. Africans arrived at the settlement. The House of Burgesses was formed.
List two similarities and two differences between Jamestown and Plymouth Colony.
SimilaritiesDifferences Both chartered originally by the Virginia Company Both had a very difficult start Many deaths in each place in the beginning Both had a government Both received help from Native Americans Both had to meet many challenges Both faced shortages with food Jamestown started for economic reasons and Plymouth for religious reasons Plymouth began with families; Jamestown did not. African Americans part of Jamestown but not Plymouth Jamestown had plantations and Plymouth had small farms Jamestown had the House of Burgesses; Plymouth had the Mayflower Compact The people of Plymouth got along with Native Americans better than the people of Jamestown. Jamestown is in Virginia; Plymouth in Massachusetts. Jamestown had a warm climate; Plymouth’s climate was cooler Jamestown was along the James River; Plymouth was along the bay
Jamestown profit John Smith House of Burgesses tobacco Powhatan conflict cash crop Eastern Woodlands colonists Virginia Company Pocahontas the “starving time” Which words go together? Why?
Mrs. Ozanich will tell you if you are correct.
A person who was given land by a king or queen for a colony and was allowed to govern the colony is called a _________
What is a proprietor?
______________________ is a written contract that gave a company or a person the right to establish a colony.
What is a charter?
A __________ is a crop that is grown in order to be sold.
What is a cash crop?
An ______________ is a person who agreed to work as a servant for a certain number of years in exchange for a trip to the “New World”.
What is an indentured servant?
A __________________ is a written agreement.
What is a compact?
True or False ? Jamestown started becoming more successful when people began to grow tobacco as a cash crop.
What is true?
The start of the colony of Plymouth is in what is now the state of Michigan. True or False ?
What is false?
The Spanish treated the Native Americans with respect and kindness. True or False ?
What is false?
New Amsterdam was ruled by the Dutch. It became an English colony when the French took it over. True or False ?
What is false?
The Pilgrims signed the Mayflower Compact which was an agreement that set up their government. True or False ?
What is true?