CH 3 Colonial America 1587-1770

Why did the English establish a colony on Roanoke Island?

• a fort to fight against hostile natives

• have a base in the new world to provide new markets and raw materials

• provide slaves for other colonies

 What was England's first permanent settlement in North America?

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

Jamestown Settlers found a way to make a profit by growing

• maize

• cotton

• tobacco

Why did the Puritans leave England?

• to practice Catholicism

• to escape persecution by England's king

• to show devotion to the anglican church

Protestants who want to leave the Anglican Church and start their own church were called

• Protestant reformers

• Puritans

• separatist

Because the journey had a religious purpose the separatists were sometimes called

• pilgrims

• Puritans

• strangers

The Massachusetts Bay Company received their royal charter to settle

• Boston

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

The movement of 15,000 Puritans to Massachusetts was called

• The Great Migration

• The Puritan movement

• The Protestant Reformation

Which four states made up the middle colonies

• MA, NH, CT, RI

• NY, PA, NJ, DE

• VA, SC, NC, GA

The English sent a fleet to attack this Dutch city

• New Netherlands

• Manhattan

• New Amsterdam