U.S. History [3] : America's Colonization Quiz

Answer: Virginia ; London Company

Virginia was established in 1607 by a charter granted to the London Company by King James I. The London Company, also known as the Charter of the Virginia Company of London, was established by a charter by King James I in 1606. Its primary purpose was to establish colonies in the New World. The earlier colony of Roanoke had vanished mysteriously.

Answer: 1691

The Plymouth Colony only lasted 71 years before it became part of the Massachusetts Bay colony.

Answer: eight of his favorite nobles

Carolina was establish in 1670 after King Charles II gave a large amount of land that stretched all the way to the Pacific to eight of his favorite members of the court. They hoped to tie Carolina closely with the West Indies and grow sugar and other resources.

Answer: Barbados Slave Codes

The Barbados Slave Codes tied a slave to their owner for life, along with any children the slave might have. The codes gave the slave owners the right to do pretty much anything they wishes to them in the way of physical punishment.

Answer: North Carolina

The Virginians basically laid claim to the land they happened to stumble upon. They grew tobacco on small farms with little need for any slaves. North Carolina was finally granted a charter in 1663.

Answer: Cherokees, Creeks, Iroquois

The Savannah Indians were cut down as they were trying to find refuge in Maryland and Pennsylvania in 1707. The Tuscaroras and were cut down when they laid siege to a town in South Carolina in 1711. The Yamasees were dispersed when South Carolina settlers defeated them in 1715. The Iroquois, Creek, and Cherokee indians sat in the backcountry the whole time this was all happening.

Answer: buffer

The charter was granted to Georgia because it would protect the colonies from the Spanish in Florida and the French in Louisiana.

Answer: Georgia; debtors' colony

James Oglethorpe founded Georgia. He was deeply saddened by the fact that some of his friends had died in debtors' prisons. He made Georgia open to people of all conditions and beliefs.

Answer: Providence, Rhode Island

Roger Williams set up the first Baptist Church in America in Providence, Rhode Island. He wanted to establish a place were everybody, even Catholics and Jews could worship. Rhode Island was seen as one of the most liberal of the thirteen colonies. The sudden influx of people that had been abused elsewhere earned Rhode Island many nicknames, such as "Rogue's Island" and "the Rhode Island Sewer."

Answer: Quakers; the English crown

Penn acquired the land from the king in 1681 to settle the great debt that the crown owed Penn's deceased father. Penn called the massive fertile piece of land Pennsylvania, meaning "Penn's Woodland."

Answer: True

These men were also known as the "First American Advertising Men." William Penn welcomed anybody who wanted to live in Pennsylvania. The mass of advertising worked and Penn managed to attract thousands of immigrants to Pennsylvania. By 1700, Pennsylvania's population was third in America. Virginia and Massachusetts were first and second.

Answer: Connecticut

New Haven was never granted a charter, but was founded in 1638 by emigrants from Massachusetts. When Connecticut was granted a charter in 1662, the smaller colony was forced to merge with the larger colony of Connecticut.

Answer: Dutch culture/people

The Dutch people settled the area around the Hudson River and used the land to expand their fur trade. New Amsterdam was the product of Dutch companies and their stockholders' interests for great monetary gains.

Answer: aristocratic

Aristocrats lined the Hudson River with vast estates that were known as patroonships. Patroonships were granted to promoters who could settle at least fifty people on them. The patroonships grew very large, some bigger than 400,000 acres.

Answer: Peter Stuyvesant; New York

Peter Stuyvesant could not defend New Amsterdam when an English squadron appeared off the coast, due to lack of munitions. King Charles II granted the land to his brother, the Duke of York. The city of New Amsterdam was renamed New York in his honor.

Answer: False

The colony of New Jersey was the one that was split up. A group of Quakers bought it in hopes of creating a refuge for their fellow Quakers in 1674. Their dream came to an end, however, when the two Jerseys were combined and made into a royal colony in 1702.

Answer: The Calverts; Catholics

Cecil Calvert had a vision of a refuge for Catholics in the New World. He died shortly after he had received a charter in 1632, but his son, George Calvert, took up his endeavor. Catholics living in Maryland were granted large estates overlooking the beautiful woodlands, but resentment and open rebellion brought forth by backcountry farmers, most of them Protestant, eventually lost the Calverts their proprietory rights.

Answer: John Winthrope

John Winthrope was well educated and well-to-do. He became the Bay Colony's first governor.

Answer: Maine

Maine remained part of Massachusetts for almost 150 years until it became a separate state.

Answer: Anne Hutchinson

Anne Hutchinson held very unorthodox views of the church and was banished from the Bay Colony for them. She set out for Rhode Island and finally settled in New York. Sadly, a band of Indians killed her entire family except for one of her children. There is a statue honoring her today outside of the Boston Statehouse.