Question | Answer |
What were the motives for the English colonization of America? | economic opportunity, political freedom, social mobility |
This settlement ws teh first attempt by the English to settle America. It was a failure | Roanoke |
The biggest demand for slaves was in the ________ colonies: | Southern |
Which was not a New England colong? Maryland, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Conneticut | Maryland |
Which was not a Middle colony: Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland | Maryland |
Which was not a Southern colony: Georgia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia | Pennsylvania |
We signed contracts that bound us to someone for a period of time in exchange for passage to America. We are | indentured servants |
Which of the following religious groups would have been most happy with the religious laws in England dur the 1600's? | Anglicans |
The first Africans to arrive in the English colony of Jamestown, came as: | indentured servants |
The Pilgrams and the Puritans both settle in the colony of: | Massachusetts |
The southern most colony was: | Georgia |
Who provided the funds needed to establish a corporate colony? | the joint stock company |
The first permanent settlement to be established by the English was at: | Jamestown |
The cash crop that became Virginia's "gold" was | tobacco |
Indentured servants (such as "Richard") took risks to come to the New World for all of the following reasons expcept: they wanted adventure and excitement, they wanted to see far places, they hoped for new opportunities in America, escape Eurpoean disea | to escape Eurpoean diseases |
The colony of Plymouth was established to enable people to have freedom: | of religion |
The Pilgrims were a religious group in England that were called | Separatists |
The House of Burgesses was an example of: | representative government |
Native Amerians helped Plymough colonists by: | teaching them how to plant new crops and new ways to hunt |
Which statement is true of both the Jamestown and Plymouth settlements? gold was found at each site, both celebrated Thanksgiving, many settlers died the first winter, settlers landed in springtime | many settlers died from the first winter |
under direct control of the monarch (king) | Royal/Crown Colony |
surplus of a product sold for money | Cash crop |
private business that sold shares to investors | Joint Stock Company |
a legal document giving certain rights to a person or company in order to set up a colony | Charter |
established by a charter given to an individual or individuals | Proprietary Colony |