Jamestown/Plymouth

Open Ended

Explain the significance of the charter given to the Virginia Company by King James I in 1606.

Multiple Select

Which of the following were challenges faced by the Jamestown settlers in the early years?

• Poor management

• Lack of food

• Frequent wars with Spain

• Searching for gold instead of planting crops

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The House of Burgesses marked the beginning of a representative government in

colony.

Multiple Choice

What was the Magna Carta's main contribution to English political tradition?

• It limited the king's power to raise taxes without consulting nobles and church leaders.

• It established the first English colony in America.

• It gave women the right to vote.

• It abolished the monarchy.

Open Ended

Describe the role and challenges faced by women in the early Virginia colony.

Multiple Select

Which of the following statements about Africans in the early Virginia colonies is/are correct?

• Some Africans were slaves for life.

• Africans could own land and property before the 1600s.

• All Africans were immediately enslaved upon arrival.

• By 1644, about 300 Africans lived in the colonies.

Open Ended

Describe the impact of religious prosecution on the formation of new colonies in America.

Multiple Choice

What was the main reason the Pilgrims sailed to the Americas in 1620?

• To seek gold and silver

• To practice their religion freely

• To escape from slavery

• To find new trade routes

Multiple Choice

What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact signed by the Pilgrims?

• To establish a trade agreement with Native Americans

• To create a system of self-government

• To declare independence from England

• To set up a church in Plymouth

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The Mayflower

was a binding agreement for self-government signed by the Pilgrims.

Open Ended

Explain how the relationship between the Pilgrims and Native American Indians influenced the first Thanksgiving.

Open Ended

What challenges did the first English colonists at Roanoke face that led to the colony's failure?