Chapter 3 Settlements Take Root

Roanoke

Jamestown

Chapter 3 Social Studies

Study Guide

Vocabulary:

Missionary Pilgrim Drought Puritan

Mayflower Compact Investor House of Burgesses Indentured Servant

Cash crop Northwest Passage Representative commerce

Key Concepts:

3-1 The Spanish Colony in the Americas

• To spread Christianity, the Spanish missionaries build missions.
• The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans. As a result, many Native Americans died.

3-2 The English Colonies in Virginia

• Motivation behind English colonization
• Roanoke colonists and their relationships with the Native Americans
• Jamestown colony
  • Powhatans
  • Pocahontas
  • John Rolfe
  • Industry
  • Geography of the land
  • Reasons for success

3-3 Pilgrims and Puritans in New England

• Reason for settlements
• Mayflower Compact
• Pilgrim relationships with the native
• Pilgrim and Puritan religion

3-4 The French and Dutch in North America

• French and Dutch relationships with the Native Americans
• Reasons for French and Dutch settlements

*There will be a variety of questions on the test:

• Matching
• Multiple choice
• Essay
• Map skills