Ch. 3 Colonial America

Who saved the Jamestown Colony by building a fort? 

• Capt. John Smith
• Pocahontas
• King James I
• John Winthrop

Who introduced a new type of tobacco to Jamestown? 

• John Rolfe
• Pocahontas
• King James I
• John Smith

King James I gave his permission to start a colony. This is called a 

• charter
• burgess
• headright
• joint-stock company

The House of Burgesses is

• the first representative assembly in America
• a joint-stock company
• a written constitution
• the group that controlled Plymouth

Bacon's Rebellion was caused by

• the governor's policy toward Native Americans
• The Virginia Company going bankrupt
• a flood which destroyed tobacco farms
• King James I who jailed Jamestown leaders 

The 1649 Act of Toleration provided

• freedom of religion
• freedom of speech
• the right to vote
• land to all white males

The Mayflower Compact is 

• an agreement to create fair laws in Plymouth 
• the first joint-stock company
• a failed attempt at self-government
• a set of laws to govern Jamestown

Maryland was founded for Catholics by

• Lord Baltimore
• Roger Williams
• Anne Hutchinson
• James Oglethorpe

Religion and politics were closely linked in which colony?

• Massachusetts Bay
• Jamestown
• Georgia
• New Jersey

Which colony did Squanto help?

• Plymouth
• Pennsylvania
• North Carolina
• Rhode Island