Native Americans & European Exploration
What caused different Native American ways of life?
A: Differences in physical environments.
What was the lost English colony called?
A: Roanoke.
Why was the Mayflower Compact written?
A: To form a government for order and survival.
Who founded Maryland as a Catholic refuge?
A: Lord Baltimore.
What was the Southern colonies’ economic base?
A: Farming.
What could not be owned according to most Native American beliefs?
A: Land.
Why did Jamestown survive its early years?
A: John Smith organized labor and enforced discipline.
Whose authority did the Pilgrims recognize?
A: King James.
Who founded Pennsylvania for Quakers?
A: William Penn.
What was the first attempt at colonial unity?
A: Albany Plan of Union.
Why were Native Americans more vulnerable to European diseases?
A: Europeans had developed resistance over time.
What was the first representative assembly in America?
A: House of Burgesses.
Why was the Mayflower Compact ahead of its time?
A: It protected the rights of ordinary citizens through self-government.
Who founded Rhode Island and supported religious tolerance?
A: Roger Williams.
What did the Proclamation of 1763 forbid?
A: Settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Which European nations explored for gold and spices?
A: Spain, France, and England.
What was the Mayflower Compact?
A: An agreement to follow laws based on majority rule.
Who helped Jamestown survive?
A: John Smith.
What was Jamestown’s first winter called?
A: The Starving Time.
Who founded Georgia as a colony for debtors?
A: James Oglethorpe.