Companies backed up by investors used to raise money to finance a colony
indentured servents
fundamental orders of connecticut
patroon
joint stock company
Written contract issued by government giving holder right to establish a colony- given in 1606 from England
charter
House of Burgesses
All the early English colonies, including Jamestwon
were failures
were financed by joint-stock companies
had rebellions
experienced severe hardships
In 1607 this was the first permanant English settlement in Virginia by the James River
royal colony
Jamestown
Roanoke
Plymouth
Which is a reason that Jamestown was an economic success in early colonization
It became a strong religious colony
It traded with the Native Americans
It relied heavily on the fur trade
It used tobacco as a cash crop
If someone couldn't afford passage to America they were encouraged to become
proprietary colony
indentured servant
joint-stock company
The first representative assembly in the American colonies
the House of Burgesses
the patroon system
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the most significant result of Bacon's Rebellion was that
tobacco plantations were established
Nathaniel Bacon died
the royal governor's power was limited
Jamestown was rebuilt
As more colonists came to Jamestown the relationship of the Powhatan changed by
the Powhatan tribe helped the colonists more
the Powhatan tribe traded more with the colonists
Powhatan tribe killed hundreds of Jamestown's colonists because tobacco plantations kept taking more of the Powhatan land
the Powhatan tribe went to war with the colonists and the colonists defeated the Powhatan's and took over all their land
The Pilgrims at Plymouth could not have survived without the aid of
the Mayflower Compact
Native Americans
Puritan merchants
King James
What two ideas were set up in the Mayflower Compact
religious freedom
self-government
majority rule
land owning rights
Why did Jamestown fail as a colony prior to 1608 (4 answers)
food shortages
disease and illness
lack of skilled labor
establishing relations with the Powhatan's
hangings of witches
fighting with Native Americans
Separatist group who came to America on the Mayflower.
Pilgrims
Quakers
Purtitans
What was the main difference between the reason for founding of Jamestown and the rest of the New England colonies
land
tobacco plantations
equality
When 20,000 puritans left England to come to America it was known as
the Great Migration
Mayflower compact
the New England Way
Salem Witchcraft Trials
Three movtivating factors of European colonization (check 3)
gain opportunities (jobs)
help England gain trade markets
gold
When the Dutch settled in New Netherland it used this to increase the populations by offerning land grants and special rights
patroon system
Someone who brought 50 settlers to New Netherland
The patroon systems goal was to increase power in which settlement in America
English
Dutch
Spanish
German
What is a proprietary colony
a colony under direct control of the king
a colony ruled by governors appointed by a king
a colony with a single owner
a colony where everyone owns a part of it
What is a royal colony
a colony ruled by the king
a colony that is governed by its people
What stresses duty, godliness, hard work, and honesty
Great Migration
New England Way
Bacon's Rebelion
Mayflower Compact
Which colony was created as a colony for true religious freedom
Colony of Rhode Island
Colony of New York
Colony of New Netherlands
Colony of Pennsylvania
The founding of the middle colonies and William Penn and the Quakers was known for what
religious tolerance
racial tolerance
a set religion to follow
economic worries
Why did King Phillip's war begin
they wanted more land
they wanted religious freedom
they wanted to get rid of witches
King told them to fight
Why did Bacon's rebellion begin
they were mad at the king
they wanted equality
What made American colonization important to England
convert the Natives religion
a place to send bad people
markets for England's goods
get witches out of England
What did the Mayflower compact emphasize that is also emphasized in the constitution
rights
limited government
one leader
Pick four reasons we began to use Africans as slaves
they were immune to most European diseases
they had no help (family, friends) to escape from slavery in America
they were cheap labor
they already had farming skills
they had the same religion
they were already in America
Who settled in Rhode Island to seek religious freedom
Roger Williams
Anne Hutchinson
What wer the Pilgrims and Puritans both seeking when they came to the Americas
to spread the Catholic religion
chance to convert Native Americans to the Church of England
Religious freedom from the Church of England
economic freedom
What would not be an example of mercantilism for England
colonies as a source of raw materials
to spread Catholicism
market for exports
increase England's gold supply
What was the first representative Assembly in the colonies
mercantilism
Bacon's Rebellion
Thousands of Puritans leaving Europe for the Americas was known as
Royal colony
great migration
preprietary colony
Maryland was founded as a colony that
grew tobacco as a cash crop
let woman run the colony
Catholics worshiped freely
Quakers worship freely
What made Jamestown an economic success
strong religious colony
tobacco as a cash crop
treating the Native Americans as equals
fur trade
What branch of government did the House of Burgesses lead to
Federal branch
Executive branch
judicial branch
legislative branch
Why did the colonies of Roanoke and Sagadahoc fail as early New England colonies
summer droughts
attacked and taken over by Spain
food shortages and fights with Native Americans
corupt govorners who bankrupted the colonies
A colonial document establishing self-government and majority rule was the
Massachusetts Bay Colony
Toleration Act
Many groups were attracted to the Middle Colonies by the promise of
trading rights
escape from debt
capable leaders