Ch3 L1-3: Settling the Colonies in North America

The Treaty of Tordesillas divided North and South America between...

• Spain and Africa

• England and Portugal

• Portugal and Spain

Which word matches the definition: A person who rules a country or territory as a representative of the king or queen.

• encomienda

• viceroy

• missionary

Spain established a class system in New Spain.

Which group was in the lowest class system?

• Mestizo

• Enslaved Africans

• Peninsular

Why did the Timucuans only have friendly relations with the French in the beginning?

Who burned down St. Augstine?

• Spainish

• American Indians

• Missionaries

• English

What was the first English colony in North America?

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

• South Carolina

What is one reason the first English colony failed?

What happened when John White returned from England to the Roanoke Island two years after he left it?

When ships arrived at Chesapeake Bay in 1607, the place was unhealthy. Which of the following is NOT a reason that caused the colonists there to become ill?

• Excessive heat

• Bad river water

• Mosquitoes

• Short food supply

What important event happened during 1608 in Jamestown?

• Virgina Company recieves a royal charter from King James I

• The Starving Time begins in Jamestown

• John Smith was hurt in an accident and had to return to England

• The first English women arrive at Jamestown