1. Social Studies Chapter 5
Study Guide

2. Why did the English want colonies in North America?
They wanted to find gold and other resources.

3. Where was the FIRST English colony?
Roanoke Island

4. What greatly angered the Spanish?
Sir Francis Drake raiding Spanish ships

5. What type of government was established in Jamestown?
self-government

6. What colonies did France found as a result of searching for the Northwest Passage?
Quebec and Montreal

7. What contributed most to the growth and success of Quebec?
trading beaver fur

8. What river did the Dutch take control over?
Hudson River

9. Why did the Pilgrims leave England?
to practice their religious beliefs

10. Why did the Pilgrims go to Plymouth instead of Virginia?
a storm blew their ship off course

11. List the difficulties the Pilgrims faced at Plymouth:
winter
disease
hunger

12. What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?
the Wampanoag

13. to get a colony started for the others
Why did the Puritans send a small group of colonists ahead of the others?
to get a colony started for the others

14. Which region had the longest growing season?
Southern Colonies

15. What made on New England colony different from another?
Different religious beliefs

16. What happened to dissenters of Puritan rules in Massachusetts?
they were forced to leave their colony

17. How did many of the Middle and Southern Colonies get started?
King Charles II gave away large plots of land