Chapter 3 Review Sheet Answer Key

Key Terms Charter: document given to allow the holder to organize settlements in an area. Joint-stock Company: a company in which investors buy stock in the company in return for a share of future profits. Burgesses: representatives to the colonial government in Jamestown.

Key Terms 4. persecute: to treat someone harshly because of that person’s beliefs or practices. 5. Puritan: Protestants who wanted to reform the Anglican Church. 6. Patroon: rich landowners in the Dutch colonies. 7. proprietary colony: the king gave colonies that were run by individual groups.

Key Terms 8. indentured servant: a laborer who agreed to work without pay in exchange for passage to America. 9. constitution: a document that set up a plan for government. 10. Separatist: Protestants that wanted to leave the Anglican church to start their own church.

Key People John White: led colonists to Roanoke. When he returned from England, found the colony deserted. John Smith: saved Jamestown from disaster; was saved by Pocahontas. John Rolfe: learned to grow a form of tobacco that made Jamestown profit; married Pocahontas.

Key People 4. Squanto: Wampanoag Native American that taught Pilgrims how to plant, hunt and fish. 5. John Winthrop: first governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony. 6. Thomas Hooker: led settlers to Connecticut. 7. Roger Williams: Puritan minister who founded Rhode Island because he believed that church and state should be separate.

Key People 8. Anne Hutchinson: Puritan woman who questioned minister’s sermons. 9. Lord Baltimore: founder of Maryland, a safe home for Catholics. 10. William Penn: a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania.

Review Questions 1. What is the main difference between Puritans and pilgrims? Puritans wanted to reform the Anglican Church; Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Anglican Church.

Review Questions 2. What New England colony guaranteed religious freedom? Rhode Island

Review Questions 3. What started the Pequot War? New England settlers kept moving onto Pequot land.

Review Questions 4. Why did England want to take over New Netherland? It had a great harbor

Review Questions 5. Why did William Penn call Pennsylvania a “Holy Experiment”? It was built on Quaker ideals and principles.

Review Questions 6. Which act passed in Maryland guaranteed religious freedom to all Christians? Act of Toleration

Review Questions 7. What caused Bacon’s Rebellion? Virginia colonists were angry that the government would not protect them from Native American attacks and told them to stay off of Native American land.

Review Questions 8. Why was Georgia set up as a colony? As a home for debtors, people who owe money.

Review Questions 9. Who claimed the Mississippi River for France? Robert LaSalle

Review Questions 10. What type of Spanish settlements developed in California? Missions

English Colonies New England Southern Middle 8. Southern 9. Middle