FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT

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FREE U.S. HISTORY AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT UNIT

2--PART 1 EXAM QUESTIONS

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Question 1: Virginia Company

Answer:

English joint stock company chartered to colonize North America between 34th and 45th parallels

Question 2: Quebec

Answer:

first permanent French settlement in North America

Question 3: William Penn

Answer:

Quaker founder of Pennsylvania who was tolerant of Indians and other faiths (including Jews)

Question 4: Henry Hudson

Answer:

Englishman who explored present-day NYC area in 1609 for the Dutch (Hudson River)

Question 5: Quakers

Answer:

religious group that established Pennsylvania (Society of Friends)

Question 6: Chesapeake region

Answer:

area around Chesapeake Bay, including colonies of Virginia and Maryland; along with North Carolina, it grew prosperous exporting tobacco

Question 7: New Amsterdam

Answer:

Dutch colony on Manhattan Island founded in 1626; later became New York when British took over

Question 8: Act of Toleration of 1649

Answer:

granted freedom of worship to all Christians in Maryland (but not Jews); example of early religious toleration

Question 9: House of Burgesses

Answer:

1st legislative body in the colonies (Virginia)

Question 10: encomienda system

Answer:

Spanish labor system in which landlord was permitted to exploit labor of Indians of his encomienda; led to abuse/killing off of Indians and switch to African slaves

Question 11: John Rolfe

Answer:

he helped save Jamestown by importing tobacco into the colony

Question 12: Samuel de Champlain

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made 11 voyages to Americas for France; established Quebec in 1608 on St. Lawrence River

Question 13: John Winthrop

Answer:

delivered "A Model of Christian Charity" (1630) in which he described New England as a "city on a hill"

Question 14: coureurs de bois

Answer:

French fur traders who often exploited Indians in Americas

Question 15: Massachusetts Bay

Answer:

New England colony founded by Puritans

Question 16: Plymouth

Answer:

New England colony founded by Puritans (Separatists) seeking freedom from religious persecution in England

Question 17: Jesuits

Answer:

Catholic missionaries in Americas; often followed French and Spanish settlers

Question 18: Head-right system

Answer:

system in which colonists received 50 acres of land for each person whose passage to Virginia he financed

Question 19: John Smith

Answer:

took leadership role in Jamestown and ultimately helped it become the first permanent English settlement

Question 20: indentured servitude

Answer:

labor system in which a landowner paid for the Atlantic passage of the servant, who in turn paid off the debt with years of service