Gentner-Early English Settlements - Chapter 6 Review

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth ..

• came in search of freedom to practice their religion

• wanted independence from England

• seeking natural riches such as gold

• looking for new opportunities for farming and fishing

Why is Roanoke called the "lost colony"?

• John White could not find his way back to it

• it went missing geographically

• the settlers were missing

• it lost all of its natural resources

A form of government where citizens elect the leaders to make decisions is called a(n)...

• Jamestown

• representative government

• colonists

• democratic

The government of Virginia was more___________ than England's.

• democratic

• republic

• Jamestown

• colonists

The first permanent English colony in America was named...

• Roanoke
• Monarchy
• Jamestown
• Virginia

A(n) __________________ is a form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen.

• representative government

• monarchy

• democracy

• colonists

What happened during Captain John White's return to Roanoke?

• delayed due to a trip to another settlement

• it was delayed due to a war between England and Spain

• a need to raise money to repair ships

• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

What is a plan of government drawn up by the settlers called?

(hint: set of rules for self-governance established by the English settlers who traveled to the New World on the Mayflower)

• Mayflower Compact

• burgess

• republic

• monarchy

An ally is _________________________

• an inhabitant of a town or borough with full rights of citizenship.

• One person or nation united with another for a common purpose

• a settler in or inhabitant of a colony

• a person who moves with a group of others to live in a new country or area

People who settled in Roanoke and Jamestown were called...

• monarchy

• democrats

• governments

• colonists