Ch.3 MH Colonial America

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

• poor health

Which of the following colonies was formed as a joint-stock company

• Virginia

• Georgia

• North Carolina

• Maryland

Jamestown colonists called the winter of 1608-1610 _____

• the awful time

• the starving time

• the feasting time

• the dying time

Which crop saved Jamestown?

• corn

• rice

• tobacco

• wheat

The Pilgrims who came to America on the Mayflower were considered---

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Reformers

• Separatists

John Winthrop estalished a colony for Puritans called----

• The Cape Cod Colony

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Delaware Colony

• Plymouth Colony

The Mayflower Compact was

• An pledge to obey the laws of the colony

• A promise to keep peace with Native Americans

• A pledge to the other colonies

• A declaration of independence

The Pilgrims survived in Plymouth due to the help of the

• Anglican Church

• Captain John Smith

• King James II

• Squanto and Samoset

The Mayflower Compact is important because...

• It is the first time in English History that people agreed to rule themselves
• It was an agreement with the Indians

The first written constitution in America was the ...

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower compact

• Plymouth Pledge

• Virginia Compact