Chapter 3 - Colonial America

The Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1609-1610

• the awful time

• the feasting time

• the starving time

• the thoughtful time

The Mayflower Compact was a

• Pledge to obey the laws of the colony

• Promise to keep peace with the Native Americans

• a brand of oatmeal

• Religious loyalty contract.

The Jamestown settlers made a profit for their investors by raising

• cotton

• maize

• tobacco

• wheat

True/False -The Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower were Puritans.

• True

• False

The southern colonies has infertile soil and depended on the fishing industry.

• True

• False

The DISNEY story of Pocahontas is exactly how it happened in real life.

• True

• False

What do you call a person or country that owes money.

• constitution

• estate

• debtor

• dissent

What do you call elected representatives to an assembly.

• pacifists

• debtor

• estate

• burgess

True/False - The Pilgrims founded Jamestown.

• True

• False

True/False - The first African slaves in America were brought to Jamestown in 1619.

• True

• False