Chapter 3 Test Review "Colonial America"

By 1750, Dutch colonies stretched for hundreds of miles along the Atlantic coast.

• True

• False

The settlers of Roanoke vanished around 1590, never to be seen again.

• True

• False

The word “Pennsylvania” means “Penn’s experiment.”

• True

• False

The Pilgrims first dropped anchor in Cape Cod Bay.

• True

• False

A constitution is a list of a government’s fundamental laws.

• True

• False

What did groups of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America?

• compacts

• charters

• pledges

• stocks

The Massachusetts Bay Company was granted a charter to establish a colony north of

• Boston

• Mayflower

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

Pacifists are people who

• a. refuse to fight in wars.

• b. sail in the Pacific Ocean.

• c. serve in government office.

• d. explore new territories

Protestants who left the Anglican Church and established their own churches were called

• a. Anglicans

• b. New Anglicans

• c. Puritans

• d. Separatists

The Jamestown settlers made a profit for their investors by raising

• a. cotton

• b. maize

• c. tobacco

• d. wheat