5 Written Questions

1. ruled as Lord Protector of England 1649-1660; Puritan emigration to New England cme to a near-halt during his reign b/c he made available the freedom for Puritans to practice their religion in England and representation in the government; Puritans won English Civil Wars, he ruled, then he died in 1658 and the Stuarts were restored
2. 1598; provided for religious toleration of the Huguenots who might otherwise have fled the mother country (France)
3. proprietorship given by Charles II to a couple of friends, who in turn sold it off to investors, many of whom were Quakers
4. established in 1619 in VA; any property-holding, white males could vote; all decisions had to be approved by the VA Company
5. introduced by the VA Company as a means of attracting new settlers to the region and to address the labor shortage created by the emergence of tobacco farming; men already settled in VA were granted 2 headrights, while new settlers got one; wealthy investors could accumulate land by sponsoring indentured servants, one headright per servant; became the basis for an emerging aristocracy in colonial VA; infringed upon the rights on Native Americans

5 Matching Questions

1. John Winthrop
2. Carolina
3. New Amsterdam
4. Coureurs du bois
5. Massachusetts Bay Colony

1. a "runners in the woods"; French who helped trade for the furs that became the range in Europe; always on the move
2. b proprietary colony that ultimately split in two (N and S)
3. c powerful colony established in 1629 by Congregationalists, beginning the "Great Puritan Migration"
4. d fort at the mouth of the Hudson River, established by the Dutch in 1626
5. e governor of the Massachusetts Bay colony; delivered the "city upon a hill" sermon on the ship Arabella

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. region around Jamestown (named after the bay); today is comprised mostly of Virginia and Maryland
   1. Tobacco
   2. Covenant
   3. Smallpox
   4. Chesapeake
2. Virginia planter who introduced Orinoco tobacco as a cash crop and married Pocahontas
   1. Lost Colony
   2. Jamestown
   3. Colony
   4. John Rolfe
3. sponsor of the settlement on Roanoke Island in 1587
   1. Sir Walter Raleigh
   2. Triangular trade
   3. Royal colonies
   4. New Amsterdam
4. Indian group who resisted English incursions in southern New England
   1. Huguenots
   2. Pequots
   3. Pequot War
   4. Plymouth
5. travelers of the Mayflower who settled the Plymouth Colony
   1. Colony
   2. Pequots
   3. Stuarts
   4. Pilgrims

5 True/False Questions

1. Proprietorship → settlement of the Separatist Pilgrims, in modern-day MA

   True        False

2. Virginia Company → joint-stock company that funded Jamestown; named for the virgin Queen Elizabeth

   True        False

3. Tobacco, rice, indigo → labor intensive crops; plantation owners bought slaves for the arduous work

   True        False

4. Barbados → proprietary colony that ultimately split in two (N and S)

   True        False

5. Contact Period → proprietorship that received its charter in 1635 and produced the first written constitution in British North America

   True        False