Tuesday, August 19, 2014

US History

QUIZ Tomorrow!!

I can't promise all of this will be on the quiz, but you need to make sure you know the following information, Read Chapter 1 Section 2 and read your notes that Coach Yarbrough gave you. 



US History Review Questions Chapter One


1.     What was the first English Colony that was successful in the America’s? Jamestown Virginia

2.     When was Jamestown Virginia established? 1607

3.     Why did English colonist come to the new Americas and settle in Jamestown? They were looking for gold.

4.     What crop is the reason that Virginia was successful? Tobacco

5.     Second Successful Colony in the new Americas? Plymouth Colony

6.     Plymouth Colony established what year? 1620

7.     Separatists are also known as what? Pilgrims

8.     How many colonies were established by England in North America? 13

9.     Who did Pocahontas save? John Smith

10.  Why did the English colonist come and settle at Jamestown? They wanted to find gold.

11.  What was the purpose for the Plymouth Colonists coming to the new world? To escape religious persecution

12.  People who came here on the Mayflower? Pilgrims

13.  Separatists: Pilgrims wanted to separate themselves from the Catholic Church and the church of England

14.  What happened to most of the people that came to the New America’s? They died.

15.  Colonist: citizen of England

16.  Mercantilism: the economic theory that says a nation could increase its wealth and power by getting as much gold and silver as possible and creating a favorable balance of trade

17.  Enlightenment Movement: Intellectual movement that emphasized human reason, denounced religion as a way of explaining the world



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