History test review

What was the purpose of creating a joint stock company?

• It would help pay for a new colony

• It would help a nation conquer other nations land

• It made a drastic improvement to a nation's infrastructure

• It made a drastic improvement to the quality of every person's life

What did a joint stock company help to do?

• A joint stock company helped to maintain a country's military and armed forces.

• A joint stock company was created to help improve the quality of a person's life.

• A joint stock company helped provide for the initial cost of a colony and also provided money to maintain the settlement for a while.

• A joint stock company provided every new English colony in the new world with various weapons to try to take over and enslave the people in neighboring settlements.

The king gave each joint stock company a charter for establishing its colonies

• True

• false

Colonies that were given a charter and were sponsored by joint stock companies were called....

Colonies that the king gave directly to individuals or groups were called....

Colonies where the king took direct control were called.....

What was the name of the group of people who believed that the Anglican Church (English Church) did not worship according to the Bible? These people believed that the Anglican church COULD be purified.

What was the name if the group of people who did not believe that the Anglican Church (English Church) worshiped according to the Bible? This group of people believed that the Anglican church COULD NOT be purified or fixed.

What name are the separatists known by today?

Most of the settlers who arrived in New England were searching for.......