US History 8: Unit 1 Vocabulary

5 Written Questions

1. A joint-stock company founded in London
2. the daughter of chieftain Powhatan, she was used as an intermediary between the Indians and the English settlers of Jamestown. She would end up marrying John Rolfe in 1614 as part of the peace treaty in the first Anglo-Pohwatan War.
3. The husband of Pocahontas; the marriage marked the end of the First Anglo-Pohwatan War and the first interracial marriage in Virginia.
4. Englishman and Quaker (doctrine of pacificism, inner divinity, and social equity) who founded the colony of Pennsylvania (1644-1718)
5. 1629 - King Charles gave the Puritans a right to settle and govern a colony in the Massachusetts Bay area. The colony established political freedom and a representative government using town meetings.

5 Matching Questions

1. John Smith
2. Christopher Columbus
3. William Penn
4. slavery
5. Jamestown

1. a The founder of the Quakers; the Pennsylvania colony was named after him
2. b The ownership of human beings for the purpose of using them as a free labor force
3. c Saved Virginia from collapsing at the start; was Virginia's governor; demanded people work for food
4. d First permanent English settlement along the North American east coast (in Virginia) established in 1607. It struggled to survive before the colonist began growing and exporting tobacco for profit.
5. e Italian navigator who unintentionally discovered the New World in the service of Spain while looking for a westward route to Asia

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. Italian explorer who returned to Europe in 1295 after a 17 year sojourn in China
   1. John Rolfe
   2. Mercantilism
   3. Jamestown
   4. Marco Polo
2. an economic system in which people or private parties invest money or "capital" into a business in order to make a profit.
   1. Capitalism
   2. Pocahontas
   3. Mercantilism
   4. John Smith
3. In 1620 the 41 male passengers on the Mayflower agreed on a set of rules to govern over themselves. They agreed to accept majority rule and participate in an elected government for the best interest of all members of the colony.
   1. Middle Colonies
   2. Mayflower Compact
   3. Marco Polo
   4. Virginia company
4. A colony in which investors were granted rights and privileges by the English monarch (king). Colonists ruled, elected Governors, councils, upper and lower house elected by property owning people. (Virginia, Connecticut, Rhode Island, where established this way)
   1. New England Colonies
   2. Charter (Proprietor) Colonies
   3. Southern Colonies
   4. Christopher Columbus
5. In 1620, a group of Pilgrims (separatists) set sail for Virginia on a ship called the Mayflower. The ship went off course and landed far north of Virginia, off the coast of present day Plymouth, Massachusetts.
   1. The Colombian Exchange
   2. The Plymouth Colony
   3. New England Colonies
   4. Royal Colonies

5 True/False Questions

1. Royal Colonies → colonies that were under the direct control of the English crown, Colonies where governors were appointed directly by the King. The governors frequently ran into trouble with colonial legislatures, which resisted control from across the Atlantic. (Massachusetts,Virginia, New Hampshire, North Carolina, South Carolina, New Jersey, New York, & Georgia where established this way)

   True        False

2. New Spain (Spanish Colonies in the New World) → Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut and Rhode Island. They had a short growing season long and cold winters, rocky soil and Forests and economy was based on trading shipping and ship building

   True        False

3. New England Colonies → Massachusetts New Hampshire Connecticut and Rhode Island. They had a short growing season long and cold winters, rocky soil and Forests and economy was based on trading shipping and ship building

   True        False

4. Middle Colonies → New York New Jersey and Pennsylvainia. had fertile soil moderate winters warm summers and a good growing season and economy was based on farming mineing craft jobscash crops grain manufacturing and trade

   True        False

5. Quakers → Group of religious pacifists lead by William Penn

   True        False