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Chapter 6: Early English Settlements
VOCABULARY
Question: What are small communities created by people who are new to an area?
Answer: Settlements
Question: People who settle in a colony
Answer: Colonists
Question: A form of government in which a ruler is a king or queen
Answer: Monarchy
Question: A form of government where citizens elect the leaders to make decisions
Answer: Representative government
Question: Relating to a form of government where people have the power to rule themselves
Answer: Democratic
ROANOKE
Question: Why did the first settlement group that went to Roanoke end up returning home?
Answer: They ran short of supplies
Question: What is Roanoke's nickname?
Answer: The Lost Colony
Question: How did Roanoke get its nickname?
Answer: Because all of the settlers disappeared.
Question: What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?
Answer: There was a war with Spain and his ships could not safely leave England.
Question: When Captain John White finally returned to Roanoke, what 3 things did he find?
Answer: 1. A ruined fort2. No sign of settlers
3. A carving on the gatepost that read "CROATOAN."
JAMESTOWN
Question: Who helped the Jamestown settlers survive?
Answer: Pocahontas
Question: What was the House of Burgesses?
Answer: The representatives the colonists elected to govern the Jamestown colony.
Question: Who was Jamestown named after?
Answer: King James of England
Question: What were 3 problems with the area that the settlers chose to build Jamestown?
Answer: 1. The water was salty and dirty2. There were many mosquitoes, which carried the Malaria disease
3. The land was marshy and not good for farming
Question: Name 3 ways how the Jamestown settlers solved some of their problems.
Answer: 1. They asked native Americans for help2. John Smith assigned jobs to everyone, including upper class
3. They discovered how to grow tobacco to trade and sell to Europe
PLYMOUTH
Question: Why did the Pilgrims want to go to Plymouth?
Answer: For religious freedom
Question: What was the Mayflower Compact?
Answer: A plan of government drawn up by the Pilgrims
Question: Who helped the pilgrims survive that first winter?
Answer: Squanto
Question: What were the pilgrims called while they were living in England?
Answer: Separatists
Question: Name 3 hardships the settlers in Plymouth faced.
Answer: 1. They landed too late to plant crops.2. They faced a cold, harsh winter.
3. Many settlers died from sickness and starvation.
MISCELLANEOUS
Question: What is a settlement?
Answer: A small, newly built community.
Question: Put the 3 settlements in chronological order, starting with the earliest:
Answer: Roanoke, Jamestown, Plymouth
Question: What is an ally?
Answer: A person or nation united with another for a common purpose.
Question: What was New England like at the end of King Phillip's War?
Answer: It was completely under English (British) control.
Question: Who was Pocahontas' father?
Answer: Chief Powhatan