Topic 3 Lesson 2: English Colonies are Settled

Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company, a joint-stock company. Which of the following is true about a joint-stock company?

• The company claimed complete ownership of all land used by the colonists.

• Each colonist in Jamestown was a partner in the company

•  Investors share in the profits or losses of the company.

• The company, not the colonists, decided how the colony should be governed

In 1619, the Virginia Company created the House of Burgesses, which

•  created a system of checks and balances.

•  was the beginning of representative government in America.

•  could veto orders from the English monarch.

• claimed exclusive authority in all English colonies.

How did the founding of Massachusetts differ from the founding of Virginia?

• Massachusetts colonists sought wealth, while Virginia colonists sought religious freedom.

• Massachusetts colonists sought independence from England, while Virginia colonists were loyal to the king.

• Massachusetts colonists were loyal to the king, while Virginia colonists sought independence from England.

• Massachusetts colonists sought religious freedom, while Virginia colonists sought wealth.

English people who wished to establish their own churches were called

•  Separatists

•  Anglicans

•  Pilgrims

• Puritans

The founding of Rhode Island was based on the principle of

• religious tolerance

• universal voting rights

• representative government

• separation of powers.

What was the main cause of King Philip’s War?

• the resistance of Native Americans against Christian missionaries

• the steady advance of English settlers onto Native American lands

• the refusal of New England settlers to trade with Native Americans

• the desire of New England settlers to form an independent nation