Chapter 3 Test Review - Colonial America

A document that grants the right to organize a settlement in an area is called a:

• charter
• compact
• headright
• policy

The first English child born in the American colonies was

• Virginia Dare
• Francis Drake
• John White
• James Yeardley

What kept John White from returning to Roanoke for nearly three years?

• the collapse of the English economy
• the defeat of the Spanish Armada
• fighting between England and Spain
• 
  his poor health

What eventually saved Jamestown and made it successful?

• Found gold
• Beer
• tobacco
• cotton

The first legislature in North America elected by the people was:

• Mayflower Compact
• House of Burgesses
• Magna Carta
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called

• Catholics

• Protestant reformers

• Puritans

• Separatists

What did the Pilgrims promise to do in th Mayflower Compact?

• Work 8 hours a day before looking for gold
• Respect all religious beliefs
• Convert all natives to Christianity
• make and obey laws for the good of the colony

A landowner in New Netherland was known as a:

• puritan
• Quaker
• indentured servant
• patroon

Quakers were __________ or people who refused to use force or fight in a war. 

• patroons
• debtors
• pacifists
• Indentured servants

Which of these was originally called New Amsterdam?

• New York City
• Philadelphia
• New Jersey
• Rhode Island