FB 9/11 Groups

Multiple Choice

What was the primary reason the Pilgrims established the Plymouth Colony in 1620

• To find gold and silver

• To establish trade routes

• To escape religious persecution and seek religious freedom

• To create a fur trading empire

Multiple Choice

Who was the Puritan leader who helped found the Massachusetts Bay Colony and promoted the idea of a "city upon a hill"?

• Roger Williams

• William Bradford

• Thomas Hooker

• John Winthrop

Multiple Choice

Which colony was founded by Roger Williams as a haven for religious dissenters?

• Connecticut

• Massachusetts

• New Hamshire

• Rhode Island

Multiple Choice

What form of political self-government was developed in New England and allowed male church members to vote on local issues?

• The House of Burgesses

• The town meeting

• The Constitution

• The royal council

Multiple Choice

What economic system developed in the New England colonies due to limited farming land?

• Gold mining economy

• Plantation-based economy

• Free-market economy based on trade, shipbuilding, and small farms

• Government-owned economy

Multiple Choice

Which colony was founded by William Penn as a refuge for Quakers?

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

Multiple Choice

Which Middle Colony was originally settled by the Dutch before it was taken over by the English?

• New York

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

Multiple Choice

What made the Middle Colonies different from the New England colonies socially?

• They had fewer immigrants.

• They had a more diverse population of ethnic and religious groups.

• They banned all religious practices.

• They relied entirely on indentured servants.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best describes the economic system that developed in the Middle Colonies?

• State-controlled economy

• Feudal land system

• Free-market economy with private property and trade

• Communal farming controlled by churches

Multiple Choice

The Middle Colonies allowed for political self-government through institutions such as

• colonial assemblies and elected governors.

• military rule and royal decrees.

• church councils.

• Spanish-style viceroys.

Multiple Choice

What was one major difference between indentured servitude and chattel slavery in colonial America?

• Indentured servants were considered property for life while enslaved people voluntarily agreed to work for a certain number of years and were free after that period.

• Indentured servants voluntarily agreed to work for a certain number of years and were free after that period while enslaved people were considered property for life.

• Enslaved people were always paid a small wage while indentured servants were not paid.

• Enslaved people were given land at the end of their service while indentured servants were not.

Multiple Choice

What role did African skills and knowledge play in the colonial America economy?

• Africans lacked the skills necessary for colonial labor.

• Africans taught European settlers how to farm rice and indigo.

• Africans were only used in domestic roles.

• African culture had no influence on American agriculture and enslaved people only used European techniques and equipment.

Multiple Choice

Enslaved Africans maintained cultural traditions through all of the following EXCEPT

• storytelling and oral history.

• music and spirituals.

• forming religious communities.

• petitioning the king of England.

Multiple Choice

 Enslaved people resisted slavery by

• asking colonial governors for better treatment.

• organizing labor unions.

• escaping, sabotaging work, maintaining traditions, and revolting.

• importing weapons from Europe.

Multiple Choice

What impact did the diverse backgrounds of enslaved Africans have on American culture?

• They led to cultural confusion and disunity.

• They prevented African culture from spreading in America.

• They enriched American culture through language, religion, music, and cuisine.

• They had not lasting impact on American society.

Multiple Choice

What was one major cause of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia?

• The banning of tobacco exports

• Disputes between English and French settlers

• Increased taxation by the British Crown

• Conflicts between western settlers and Indigenous peoples over land

Multiple Choice

What was a key consequence of Bacon's Rebellion in Virginia?

• Increased reliance on African slave labor instead of indentured servants

• The end of British rule in Virginia

• The collapse of the fur trade in the English colonies

• Formation of an Indigenous confederation against colonists

Multiple Choice

During the colonial period, treaties between Indigenous peoples and settlers were often

• equally enforced by both sides.

• honored and maintained permanently.

• written in Indigenous languages to ensure clarity.

• made and then broken by colonists seeking more land.

Multiple Choice

One example of cooperation between French settlers and Indigenous peoples was the

•  shared cultivation of sugarcane in Louisiana.

• development of extensive fur trade networks.

• establishment of joint Protestant missions.

• building of plantations together in New France.

Multiple Choice

What impact did European competition for North America have on Indigenous peoples?

• Indigenous groups gained full political control of the continent.

•  All Indigenous peoples were immediately unified against European colonization.

• It led to alliances, displacement, warfare, and shifting power dynamics among Indigenous peoples.

•  Indigenous peoples were granted citizenship by all colonial governments.