Early Colonial History

What is the difference between a pirate and a privateer?

• Pirates swear allegiance to a country

• Privateers do it for a government

• Only pirates fly a skull and crossbone flag

• Privateers use smaller boats

The Dare Stone states:

"Father Soone After You/Goe for England Wee Cam Hither/Onlie Misarie and Warre Tow Yeere/Above Halfe Deade ere Tow Yeere More From Sickenes Beine Foure & Twentie..."

What is an accurate summary?

• For two years there was war and twenty four people died

• After two years, the Lost Coloniests went back to England and half of the people died from sickness.

• Two years after John White left, twenty four people died from sickness.

• For two years there was misery and war killing half of the people. Then, only 24 people were alive after sickness.

Why did the Europeans start exploring in the late 1400s?

• To spread Christianity to other parts of the world and to gather resources.

• To create colonies along the Silk Road

• To start trading with China and India.

• To find a new route to China and India after the Ottomans closed Constantinople.

Which of the following best describes what a colony is?

• A territory that is under the control of another country

• A country that controls another territory

• A country or territory that willfully trades with another country or territory

• A group of bees

What is the purpose of a colony?

• To decrease the wealth of the mother country

• To aquire more subjects (people) to get taxes from

• To increase the wealth of the mother country

Most of the original Jamestown colonists moved to the New World for what reason?

• To get away from England in order to practice their religion freely

• To find gold

• To create their very own colony and gain political power

• To form more peaceful relationships with Native American tribes

The House of Burgesses was created in Jamestown. What was the House of Burgesses? There are two correct answers.

• A legislative body that governed

  the Virginia Company/Colony.

• The 1st representative government in America.

• The house that the Governor of Virginia lived at (and continues to live til this day).

• It was one of the places that were destroyed during Bacon's Rebellion.

A Puritan believes in which of the following?

• The Church of England should and can reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible

• The Church of England should reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible, but they knew that wouldn't happen

• Equality between the sexes, anti-slavery, anti-violence, and were tolerate of others' beliefs

• They didn't believe they needed the clergy to communicate with God.

A Quaker believes in which of the following? There are two correct answers.

• The Church of England should and can reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible

• The Church of England should reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible, but they knew that wouldn't happen

• Equality between the sexes, anti-slavery, anti-violence, and were tolerate of others' beliefs

• They didn't believe they needed the clergy to communicate with God.

Why did the Pilgrims move to America (to Plymouth)?

• To escape religious persecution

• To try and find gold

• To increase the wealth of England