Chapter 3 Settling the Coloinies in North America

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence:

The Company of New France had a _____________, so no one else could buy and sell furs.

• royal province

• monopoly

• missionary

• indentured servant

Vocabulary

Complete the sentence:

___________ governed and tried to convert Native Americans to Catholicism in New Spain.

• missionaries

• indentured servants

• class systems

Vocabulary

Which word means:

an area controlled by the commands of a king or queen

• pilgrim

• cash crop

• royal province

• class system

(page 94)

What was the first permanent European settlement in the United States in 1565?

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

• Indiana

• Mexico City

(page 102)

Which of the following statements is true about the site of the Jamestown settlement?

• The site had abundant clean water for drinking.

• The English bought the land for the settlement from the Spanish.

• The colonists had chosen a site that they could easily defend from enemies.

• The colony suffered from constant attacks by French settlers nearby.

(page 105)

Why was the formation of the House of Burgesses important?

• The House of Burgesses was the first representative body in North America.

• The House of Burgesses was a way to steal from the natives.

• The House of Burgesses was a way to force everyone to do what the king wanted.

(page 109)

How did the Puritans feel about the Church of England?

• They wanted to purify, or change, the church.

• They believed in everything the Church of England preached.

(pages 111-113)

Which of the following statements BEST summarizes the relationship between the Pilgrims and Puritans and the Native Americans?

• The Pilgrims built good relations based on cooperation with Native Americans, but the Puritans didn't respect the Native American ways.

• The Pilgrims enslaved the Native Americans, while the Puritans left the Native Americans alone.

• Both the Pilgrims and Puritans forced Native Americans to work without pay.

Someone who travels to a new land to persuade others to believe in a particular religion.

• monarch

• class structure

• missionary

• encomienda

A grant from the Spanish government that gave the Spanish settlers the right to control the Native Americans.

• monarch

• class structure

• missionary

• encomienda