Unit 3 Review

England’s first attempt at a colony in North America led to disastrous consequences and the disappearance of settlers from this place, often referred to as the “Lost Colony?”

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Hispaniola

The group of wealthy English investors who wanted to set up colonies in America and founded the Jamestown colony was called?

• The Pilgrims

• The Virginia Company

• The Powhatan Company

• The Croatoans

A legal document/contract that gives certain rights to a person or company such as the ability to create colonies is known as a?

• Subpoena

• Charter

• Colonial Contract

• Summons

Which of the following was NOT a problem experienced by settlers in the first years of the Jamestown Colony?

• Attacks by the French

• Fighting with Natives

• Deadly diseases

• Starvation

Who improved the Jamestown colony by creating strict laws and making agreements with Native Americans for food?

• John Rolfe

• Pocahontas

• John Smith

• Sir Walter Raleigh

What crop was shipped back to England for profit and ended up saving the Jamestown colony from ruin and failure?

• Corn

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Squash

The Jamestown settlers created the House of Burgesses, where voters elected other people to make laws for the colony. What was this the first example of in the colonies?

• A dictatorship

• A representative government

• A monarchy

• An authoritarian government

Which religious group was treated badly because of their beliefs, leading them to separate from the Church of England and begin their own colony in North America?

• The Virginians

• The Separatists

• The Powhatans

• The Croatoans

Why did the Plymouth colonists create the Mayflower Compact?

• They had nothing else better to do on the boat

• They needed "just and equal" laws to govern them

• Because then the Natives would give them food

• Because all the cool colonists were doing it

Which of the following did NOT occur at the Plymouth colony?

• the colonists received help from Native Americans

• nearly half of the colonists died during the first winter

• all of the colonists quickly adapted to the new conditions with no health problems

• starvation and diseases spread quickly throughout the colony