Chapter 2 The American Colonies Emerge Review

The ___________ was the first democratically elected lawmaking body in the English American colonies, established in Virginia in 1619.

• House of Lords

• House of Representatives

• Virginia Senate

• House of Burgesses

What are businesses called in which investors pool their wealth for a common purpose?

• joint-stock companies

• sole proprietorships

• partnerships

• franchises

Who was granted land and a charter by King Charles II and founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 to provide a place for Quakers to practice their religion?

• William Penn

• John Smith

• Roger Williams

• James Oglethorpe

What was the conflict between New England colonists and Native American groups allied under the leadership of the Wampanoag chief Metacom in the years 1675–1676 called?

• Pequot War

• Bacon’s Rebellion

• King Philip’s War

• Pontiac’s Rebellion

What term refers to an owner—particularly one who was granted ownership of, and full governing rights over, certain English colonies in North America?

• vassal

• tenant

• proprietor

• serf

What was the 1637 conflict in which the Pequot nation battled Connecticut colonists and their Narragansett allies called?

• Pontiac's Rebellion

• King Philip's War

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Pequot War

Who led a well-organized uprising against the Spanish in 1680 that involved about 17,000 people from villages all over New Mexico?

• Sitting Bull

• Geronimo

• Pope

• Tecumseh

Which group wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic rituals and traditions in the Church of England?

• Puritans

• Jesuits

• Anglicans

• Quakers

Who took control of Jamestown in the winter of 1607 and held the colony together by forcing the colonists to farm?

• John Rolfe

• William Bradford

• John Smith

• Christopher Newport

Which colony was founded by the Massachusetts Bay Company (wealthy Puritans) in 1630 to provide Puritans with a place to practice their religion freely without persecution?

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Jamestown Colony

• Plymouth Colony

• Roanoke Colony