British Colonies

  1. ______were groups of investors who pooled their financial resources together to finance voyages.
  1. Roanoke Colony was founded in 1585 by ______.
  1. ______was the first successful British colony.
  1. These three problems were listed affecting Jamestown’s settlers:

a.______

b.______

c.______

  1. The “______” took place in the winter of 1609.
  2. ______killed settlers’ livestock and harassed settlers trying to do their work in the fields.
  1. Only ______colonists survived this winter.
  1. After the harsh winter, ______ended up in charge of the colony.
  1. According to legend, ______, the daughter of a Powhatan chief, saved John Smith from execution.
  1. ______grown in Jamestown was bitter and not in demand in Europe.
  1. ______smuggled another type of ______from Jamaica, which was more palatable to Europeans.
  1. The ______gave land to Virginians who brought more settlers to Jamestown.
  1. A “headright” was equal to ______of land.
  1. In 1612, a Dutch ship sold 20 ______to colonists at Jamestown.
  1. The ______generally relied on indentured servants to work farms, rather than slave labor.
  1. Indentured servants would work without wages for a period of time (usually ______years) to pay their passage.
  1. In 1624, King ______revoked Virginia’s charter and made it a royal colony under the control of the crown.
  1. Pilgrims were also known as ______or ______.
  1. Why did the Pilgrims come over?
  1. The Pilgrims embarked from Holland aboard the ______
  1. Plymouth Colony was founded in this year: ______
  1. The ______basically stated that “government exists with the consent of the governed”.
  1. In this document, the ______aboard the Mayflower agreed to accept and obey whatever laws the colonists agreed to create.
  1. ______referred to a type of religious innovation rather than a particular religious group.
  1. They were frequently also known as ______
  1. They believed that the Anglican Church had kept too much ______and ______from the Catholic Church, and they wanted to “purify” the Anglican Church rather than separate.
  1. The Puritans believed they had a covenant with God to create a society that would be a “moral model” for others, or as John Winthrop put it, a “______”.
  1. The Puritans did not seek to create a “democratic colony”, yet they spread ______more completely than the mother country.
  1. Nearly ______of the male inhabitants of Massachusetts Bay Colony were there fore eligible to vote.
  1. Puritan ministers could not ______.
  1. However, the church was supported with ______.
  1. Puritan belief was that God required people to work long and hard, thus the “______”.
  1. ______and ______questioned church policies and authority of church leaders in Massachusetts.
  1. Nearly 20% of the population of New Netherland were ______.
  1. King Charles II of England gave permission to the ______to drive the Dutch out of New Netherland.
  1. New Netherland was taken without firing a shot, divided, and re-named ______and ______.
  1. As a ______, King Charles II gave a large grant of land to the father of William Penn.
  1. The grant was named ______, or “Penn’s Woods”.
  1. Penn later acquired more territory, which became the colony of ______
  1. He was determined to make the colony a “______”.
  1. To ensure this, he gave each male settler ______of free land.
  1. Penn called the colony’s capital city ______, Greek for “city of brotherly love”.
  1. Penn and the Quakers also sought ______with Native Americans.