Chapter 3 Midterm Review

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A ship that came across the Atlantic Ocean from England to the United States.

• A document that set up an organized, orderly government. It was a key step in the development of representative, democratic government in America.  

• A city in the northeast in Massachusetts.

• A document that allowed King James I to govern the colonists in the United States.

What is an indentured servant?

• An assistant for King James I that got him whatever he wanted.

• A servant who cleans houses for the wealthy.

• A caretaker of a politician's house that gets paid to teach his kids how to read and write.

• A laborer who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America.

How did the colony of Jamestown become successful and survive during their hardships?

• The colonists planted rice, corn, and potatoes, which they sold to the Native Americans for a lot of money.

• Captain John Smith forced the settlers to work or else they wouldn’t be allowed to eat. The colony planted tobacco which became a cash crop for the colony that they sold to England for money.

• They traded with the Native Americans for food and sold the food to England for more money then it costed them.

How did the outcome of the King Philip's War affect the Native Americans?

• It caused thousands of Native Americans to die and it was very devastating for them because they lost their land and had to leave New England

• It caused the Native Americans to gain a lot of new land and it made the colonists move south.

• It caused the Native Americans to get captured and become servants for the colonists.

What was the Mayflower?

• A ship that brought the Native Americans from the United States to England.

• A ship that brought King James I to the United States to govern the colonies.

• A ship that brought the pilgrims to the United States in 1620, and it was where the pilgrims created the Mayflower Compact.

Why did English colonists leave their home for the colonies?

• The colonists left England to find the Native Americans and trade with them.

• The colonists left England because they were seeking independence .

• The colonists left England in search of gold and wealth to become rich.

• The colonists left England to escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom.

Who were the Puritans?

• Protestants who wished to reform the Anglican Church​.

• Colonists that wanted to go back the England and leave colonial America.

• Native Americans that traded food with the colonists.

• English citizens that stayed in England rather than coming to America.

Who were the Pilgrims?

• The English citizens that stayed in England instead of coming to America.

• Passengers of the Mayflower that left England in search of religious freedom.

• The Native American tribe that the colonists traded with.

What was the cash crop in the colonies?

• Beans

• Tobacco

• Corn

• Rice

Why did so many colonists die in Jamestown?

• Water contamination, droughts, lack of food, relations with the Native Americans, and the environment.

• They were killed by the British army after King James I sent them to fight in a war.

• They died to a hurricane on the east coast of America.