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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 fort
2.  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 dirty
2.  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 help
2.  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