Name ___________________________________ # ______ 4 ____ Date ____________
Social Studies Chapter 6 Study Guide
**Make index cards for these important terms: allies, colonist, democratic,
Jamestown, marsh, Plymouth, Roanoke, settlement
Directions: Reread the chapter, and then fill in the blanks with the words from the word bank
below. Not all of the words may be used.
settlement Roanoke English Plymouth Jamestown
Captain John Smith American Indians Mayflower Compact Separatists
lost settlement Starving Time Common House Squanto
Queen Elizabeth North Carolina CROATOAN North America
marsh democratic Virginia William Bradford Powhatan
King James Captain John White England Chesapeake Bay
Pilgrims Sir Walter Raleigh malaria Mayflower
Pawtuxet tribe Wampanoags Massasoit Thanksgiving New England
In chapter 6, we learned about three early English
______________________________, or small communities.
The first English settlement was called _________________________________ after
the American Indians who lived there. It is an island off the coast of _____________________
_______________________ .
Since no one knows what happened to the settlers there, Roanoke is call the
______________________________________________________ .
This gentleman, ___________________________________ believed that American
colonies could make England more powerful and in 1584, he sent two ships to explore the
coast of this continent, ______________________________________ . He was a friend of
England’s ruler, ________________________________________________.
The settlers ran short of food because they were not farmers plus they did not get along
with the Roanokes, so the settlers gave up and went home. In 1587, Raleigh sent about 100
new settlers to Roanoke. They were farmers and skilled workers, and
_____________________________________ went back to England for supplies. Three years
later, White returned to Roanoke, and there was no sign of the settlers. The word
_______________________ was carved on the gatepost of a ruined fort. No one knows what
had happened to the colony.
In 1606, England’s ______________________________ gave permission to a group of
wealthy men to start a colony in North America. Most hoped to find gold and they chose a
place near a river that was upriver from ______________________________________. In
honor of King James, they named the settlement __________________________________.
The settlers built Jamestown on a ____________________, and the water was dirty and
salty. Also, the land was not good for farming. The mosquitoes carried a deadly disease called
________________________, and the disease killed many of the settlers.
IN 1607, ________________________________ was captured by some American
Indians. They took Smith to their chief named _________________________________.
According to the legend, the chief’s young daughter, Pocahontas saved his life. She visited
Jamestown and brought food to trade with the colonists.
John Smith became the leader of the colony and he created a rule that any man who
would not work to maintain Jamestown would not eat. His leadership help saved the colony.
Later Smith returned to England and other settlers arrived in 1609. During the winter of 1609-
1610 was known as the _______________________________________ where settlers were
forced to eat animals.
Since the Jamestown settlers never found gold, they learned how to grow tobacco and it
was considered Virginia’s “gold.”
Jamestown was growing and needed men to make laws for the colony. They elected
representatives to the House of Burgesses. Virginia now had a more
__________________________________ government than England.
The settlement of _____________________________, Massachusetts was started by
people who wanted religious freedom. The English ruler King James said that everyone had to
belong to the Church of England. The ______________________________ or people who
wanted to have a separate, independent church decided to move where they could be free to
practice their own religion, and they were known as _________________________________ .
This group sailed for the New World in 1620 on the ship called the
______________________________. They wrote rules so that they could live together
peacefully and most of the men had signed the
________________________________________.
The first winter was cold and very hard and 102 Pilgrims died of diseases and
starvation. In March 1621, ____________________________, a member of the Pawtuxet tribe
visited the Pilgrims and taught them how to plant corn, catch fish, and get sweet syrup from the
maple trees.
Massasoit, the sachem of the ___________________________ tribe helped arrange a
peace treaty between the Pilgrims and the Massasoit. The two groups agree to not fight with
each other and to protect each other from attacks by other American Indians.
The Pilgrims celebrated their harvest and invited Massasoit to a feast called
_____________________________ that lasted three days including wild turkey. Later in 1621,
_____________________________ was elected governor of Plymouth and he was governor
for 30 years. We now call the area of America __________________________________ .
On person or nation untied with another for a common purpose is called a(n)
_____________________________________ .
At the end of King Philip’s War, New England was completely in ruins, but it was
completely under control by the _____________________________________ .
Social Studies Skills
1. Study the settlement pictures in your online textbook.
2. Be able to explain what is happening in the picture.
3. What natural resources are shown in the photos?
4. What tools were used by the settlers that came from England?
Show You Know
Suppose that you are one of the colonists at Jamestown. A ship will soon leave for England,
and the captain has offered to carry letters from the colonists.
Write a letter to a friend or relative who still lives in England. Your letter should follow the
correct format for a friendly letter and should include these elements:
Explanation of why you came to Jamestown
Description of the colony and its surroundings
Hardships or challenges the colonists have faced
Ways in which the colony has overcome the hardships or challenges
Advice to help you friend or relative decide whether to move to Jamestown. You may
recommend coming and give reasons; recommend staying in England and give reasons;
leave the decision open or list factors on both sides that you friend or relative should
consider in making the decision.
