1) A document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony a) charter b) joint-stock company c) headright d) burgess 2) a company in which investors buy stock in return for a share of its future profits a) charter b) joint-stock company c) headright d) burgess 3) a 50-acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way to America a) charter b) joint-stock company c) headright d) burgess 4) elected representative to an assembly a) joint-stock company b) headright c) burgess d) charter 5) to disagree with or oppose an opinion a) persecute b) dissent c) headright d) burgess 6) to mistreat a person or group on the basis of their belief a) dissent b) tolerance c) burgess d) persecute 7) the ability to accept or put up with different views or behaviors a) dissent b) persecute c) tolerance d) headright 8) landowner in the Dutch colonies who ruled over large areas of land a) headright b) patroon c) pacifist d) burgess 9) people opposed to the use of war or violence to settle disputes a) pacifists b) patroon c) burgess d) headright 10) laborer (worker) who agrees to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America a) slave b) indentured servant c) patroon d) pacifist 11) a list of fundamental (important and necessary) laws to support a government a) charter b) headright c) burgess d) constitution 12) a person or country that owes money a) slave b) patroon c) debtor d) charter 13) a plant used to make dye a) rice b) wheat c) indigo d) tobacco 14) to try to discover facts and other information about something a) investigate b) headright c) charter d) expand 15) to increase in size or number a) headright b) investigate c) dissent d) expand 16) to apply a rule or law a) policy b) dissent c) enforce d) expand 17) a statement of ideals or plan of action a) burgess b) constitution c) tolerance d) policy 18) of or relating to national, tribal, racial, religious, language, or cultural background; The Seminole belongs to the American Indian ethnic group.  a) ethnic b) patroon c) pacifist d) indentured servant 19) to be in action; to operate a) function b) burgess c) patroon d) dissent 20) to control a) function b) dissent c) pacifist d) dominate 21) The Virginia Company was a _____, in which investors bought shares , or part ownership. a) headright b) joint-stock company c) burgess d) charter 22) The Virginia Company gave a _____ (land grant) of 50 acres to settlers who paid their own way to the colony. a) burgess b) charter c) export d) headright 23) Many people in England ______, disagreeing with the Church of England. a) dissented b) exported c) imported d) persecuted 24) Many people in England were _____ for their beliefs. That is why many came to America. a) exported b) persecuted c) imported d) dissented 25) The Puritans came to America to put their religious beliefs into practice. At the same time, they themselves had little _____ for different beliefs. a) tolerance b) dissent c) persecuted d) imported 26) Is this statement true or false? Explain. The Roanoke colony survived but Jamestown did not. a) true b) false 27) Is this statement true or false? The Jamestown colonist did not find gold or riches in Virginia. Instead, they faced severe hardships, including disease and hunger. a) true b) false 28) The Jamestown settlers had come to America in search of wealth. The next wave of English colonists arrived in search of _____. a) gold and silver b) land c) glory d) religious freedom 29) The word reform means _____. a) to eliminate b) to change 30) What is a pilgrim? a) An individual who protests b) A person who seeks to conquer c) A person who takes a religious journey d) A person who settled in Jamestown 31) Is this statement true or false? The Puritans lack of tolerance led people to form new colonies. a) true b) false 32) A minister named _____ founded the colony of Rhode Island. a) John Calvin b) Martin Luther c) Roger Williams d) John Winthrop 33) Which colony was the first to let people of all faiths worship freely? a) Virginia b) Georgia c) New York d) Rhode Island 34) The government of the colony of Connecticut was based on this group of laws. a) The Declaration of Independence b) The Mayflower Compact c) The Articles of Confederation d) The Fundamental Orders 35) This city was called the City of Brotherly Love. a) New York b) Philadelphia c) Jamestown d) Tuscaloosa 36) The City of Brotherly Love, Philadelphia, was located in this colony. a) New York b) New Jersey c) Pennsylvania d) Maryland 37) The Dutch purchased this island from the American Indians and built the city called New Amsterdam. a) Croatoan b) Hawaii c) Cuba d) Manhattan 38) People who belonged to the Society of Friends were also called _____. a) Quakers b) Puritans c) Pilgrims d) American Indians 39) This man founded the colony of Pennsylvania. a) John Calvin b) Roger Williams c) George Washington d) William Penn 40) Dutch patroons created large estates along this river. a) Mississippi b) Cahaba c) Hudson d) Delaware 41) Peter Stuyvesant was the governor of this colony. a) Virginia b) Maryland c) Pennsylvania d) New Netherland 42) This colony was split in half and then put back together. a) New Jersey b) Pennsylvania c) Virginia d) Maryland 43) This was the wealthiest city in the Southern Colonies. a) Jamestown b) Philadelphia c) Charleston d) Mountain Brook 44) The first successful English settlement in North America a) Plymouth b) Jamestown c) Roanoke d) Pennsylvania 45) The main export of South Carolina in 1710 a) tobacco b) rice c) indigo d) cotton 46) A man with this last name was the founder of Savannah, Georgia. a) Williams b) Winthrop c) Calvin d) Oglethorpe 47) Colony with first act promoting religious freedom. a) Maryland b) Virginia c) Georgia d) New Netherland 48) The first slaves in America were used in this colony. a) Georgia b) Pennsylvania c) Virginia d) Maryland 49) The first representative government in the American colonies. a) House of Representatives b) The Southeastern Conference c) The House of Burgesses d) The Fundamental Orders 50) When Georgia was founded in 1732, Florida belonged to which country? a) England b) Spain c) France d) Netherlands

Chapter 3: Colonial America

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