1. Garfield Middle School Social Studies
Unit 2
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The English Establish 13 Colonies
Garfield Middle School Social Studies
Unit 2 – English Colonies – Page 1 of 6

2. Unit 2 Chapter 3 .1 – Early Colonies Have Mixed Success
Pages 69 to 75
1. What sparked English interest in
the Americas?
2. What did Richard Hakluyt hope England would do in the colonies? A) B)
3. What happened to the colony of Roanoke?
4. Joint-Stock Company:
5. Charter:
6. What is the first permanent English colony in America and what year was it founded?
7. John Smith:
Unit 2– English Colonies – Page 2 of 6

3. Unit 2 Chapter 3.1 – Early Colonies Have Mixed Success
Pages 69 to 75
8. What are John Smith’s famous words to the colonists of Jamestown?
9. Who was John Rolfe and what did he learn to grow in 1612 that became famous in England?
10. Indentured Servant:
11. What is the House of Burgesses?
12. Bacon’s rebellion:
*Why
Unit 2– English Colonies – Page 3 of 6

4. Unit 2 Chapter 3.2 – New England Colonies
Pages 76 to 83
13. Who was John Winthrop?
14. What two types of people were on the Mayflower Voyage?
15. Who were the Pilgrims?
*Mayflower Compact-
16. What is the name of the colony established by the Pilgrims?
*Starving Time:
17. Puritans:
18. What is the name given to the exodus by the Puritans?
19. What is the name of the Puritans colony?
Unit 2– English Colonies – Page 4 of 6

5. Unit 2 Chapter 3.2 – New England Colonies
Pages 76 to 83
20. The Puritan way of life stressed what things? *
21. What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
22. Roger Williams:
23. Anne Hutchinson:
24. King Philip’s War:
25. What are the Salem Witchcraft Trials?
Unit 2– English Colonies – Page 5 of 6

6. Unit 2 Chapter 3.3 – Founding the Middle and Southern Colonies
Pages 84 to 87
26. Peter Stuyvesant:
27. List the Middle Colonies:
28. Patroon:
29. Duke of York:
30. What is a proprietary colony?
31. William Penn:
32. Quakers:
33. What is a Royal Colony?
34. James Oglethorpe founded which colony as a refuge for debtors?
Unit 2 – English Colonies – Page 6 of 6

7. Characteristics of the colonies
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies