3.1 The First English Settlements. V2.

John Smith was good for Jamestown because he

• encouraged laziness

• allowed settlers to do whatever they wanted

• was a businessman

• disciplined the colonists so they would work

The House of Burgesses, Virginia's representative government,

• could not rule over the people

• passed laws and set taxes and shared power with Virginia's governor

• allowed women to be elected to office

• was the first monarchy in America

This was the first document in which American colonists claimed a right to govern themselves

• The Mayflower Compact

• The House of Burgesses

• The Magna Carta

• The Declaration of Independence

The Pilgrims survived after the first winter because

• they moved to a warmer climate where they could grow crops

• they sailed back to England

• they had help from Native Americans to learn to grow crops and catch food

• they stole food from nearby Native American settlements

What is a colony?

• An area ruled by a king

• A distant area under the control of another country

• The east coast of the United States

• A person who owes money