module 3 - 13 colonies vocab

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, founded in _____

• 1706

• 1607

• 1620

• 1492

Who took control of the colony and built a fort in 1608?

• John Smith

• Christopher Newport

• William Bradford

• John Rolfe

Who was the daughter of the Powhatan leader in 1614 and married John Wolfe?

• Pocahontas

• Sacagawea

• Matoaka

• Nanyehi

• Wilma Mankiller

What were indentured servants? Servants signed a contract to work for how many years for those who paid for their journey to America?

• Four to seven years

• One to two years

• Ten to twelve years

• Fifteen to twenty years

Bacon’s Rebellion was an attack led by Nathanial Bacon against American Indians and the colonial government in _____

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Georgia

• Maryland

What was the first law guaranteeing religious freedom to be passed in America?

• Toleration Act of 1649

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Virginia Slave Codes

Who was Olavdah Equiano?

• A former slave who recorded his experiences

• A famous British explorer

• A king of France

• An inventor from the Industrial Revolution

What were slave codes?

• Laws passed in the colonies to control slaves

• A set of secret messages used by slaves to communicate

• A type of currency used in the colonies

• A list of jobs assigned to slaves each day

Who were the Puritans?

• A protestant group who wanted to purify, or reform, the Anglican church

• A group of Catholics who supported the Pope

• A Native American tribe in New England

• A group of explorers searching for gold

Who were the Pilgrims?

• A member of a Puritans Separatist ant group sect left England in the early 1600’s to settle in the Americas

• A group of explorers who discovered gold in California

• A Native American tribe that lived in the Great Plains

• A group of French settlers who founded Quebec