U1 - Explorers to Pilgrims Unit Test Review

 curiosity  fame  wealth,  spread Christianity (religion)  cheaper& faster transportation  (Northwest Passage)  mercantilism  foreign goods
These are all reasons for what?

• Reasons to explore
• Reasons to Settle
• Reasons Pilgrims came to America
• Reasons Puritans came to America

Document giving permission to start a colony (once land has been claimed, then people asked for these).

• Decree
• Charter
• Contract
• Declaration

What was Roanoke also know as?

• Jamestown
• "Little 1"
• Lost Colony
• The City that never sleeps

Why was Roanoke called the "Lost Colony?"

• b/c colonists couldn't find their way to the new world
• b/c colonists couldn't find their way to the island of Croatoan
• b/c colonists almost starved and got lost on their way back to England.
• b/c colonists were never heard from again

Large amount of diseases and high death rate, land swampy – lots of diseased mosquitoes, no one wanted to work – too busy wanting to make money, didn’t focus on what needs to be done for survival 
Which settlement did this describe?

• Jamestown
• Massachusetts Bay
• Plymouth
• Roanoke

Introduced tobacco to be grown in Virginia and exported to England (finally making some money – which is the purpose of a colony to most people)  
Who helped Jamestown thrive economically?

• Capt. John Smith
• John Rolfe
• Pocahontas
• John Winthrop

How did the people of Jamestown govern themselves?

• The Captain put them under Military law, because he was a dictator.
• A series of laws were created to follow, needed because of the distance from England
• They found peace with the Indians and lived the Indian way.
• They used the bible to live the way God would have wanted us to. 

What happened of significance in 1607?

• The first successful English colony was established.
• The first attempt at settling Roanoke happened.
• The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth.
• The Puritans landed in Massachusetts Bay.  

What happened of significance in 1620?

• The first successful English colony was established.
• The first attempt at settling Roanoke happened.
• The Pilgrims landed in Plymouth & signed the Mayflower Compact.
• The Puritans landed in Massachusetts Bay & signed the Mayflower Compact.  

Why was Jamestown founded by the English?

• It was founded for a safe haven for Pilgrims
• It was founded to make money for the Virginia Company of London 
• It was founded to set up a free and stable government in the new world
• It was founded for a safe haven for Puritans