3/4 Exam Study Guide

Front

What is it called when people signed a work contract to work for a set number of years for paid passage to America?

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Indentured Servant

Front

What was the Dutch economic motivation for founding New Netherlands which because of its diverse population would not fight the English and turned it into New York?

Back

Fur Trading

Front

What is the name of the man that permanently saved Jamestown from failure by growing the first successful crop of tobacco?

Back

John Rolfe

Front

What was the name of the Indian chief that stopped supplying colonists with food and waged war against the colonists at Jamestown after John Smith departed the colony?

Back

Powhatan

Front

What was the name of the English speaking Native American that acted as translator and also taught the Separatists/Pilgrims how to grow crops using fish as fertilizer?

Back

Squanto

Front

Who was kicked out of Massachusetts after teaching that people did not need Puritan preachers to explain the Bible to people, and that God spoke to them?

Back

Anne Hutchinson

Front

What was the name of Virginia’s representative government from 11 Virginia plantations that made laws for Virginia unless vetoed by the Kings appointed governor?

Back

House of Burgesses

Front

What were colonists called that believed that the Church of England was too much like the Catholic church and wanted to leave England to worship as they chose?

Back

Separatists/Pilgrims

Front

What type of government has God as the true ruler through human representatives on Earth in the form of preachers that make laws based upon the Bible? Options: Democracy, Republic, Theocracy, Socialism

Back

Theocracy

Front

What New England institution allowed the male heads of families to set taxes and voice their opinions on local issues?

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Town Meetings