Ch. 3, Colonial America

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

• charter
• compact
• headright
• policy

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 crop eventually saved Jamestown and made it successful?

• sugar cane

• corn

• tobacco

• cotton

People in England and pilgrims who wanted to reform the Anglican Church were called

• Catholics

• Protestant reformers

• Puritans

• Separatists

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

• Work 8 hours a day before looking for gold

• Respect all religious beliefs

• Convert all natives to Christianity

• Make laws and create a plan for government

What was the first written constitution in America?

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta

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

• patroons
• debtors
• pacifists
• Indentured servants

Which of these colonies was established as a place for debtors to make a fresh start?

• Georgia
• Maryland
• North Carolina
• South Carolina

____________________ were settlers who paid for their passage to America by working without pay for a period of time.

• tenant farmers

• patroons

• slaves

• indentured servants

Bacon’s Rebellion was a revolt against the government of the __________________ colony, after the governor made an agreement with the Native Americans.

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• Virginia

• Maryland