8th US Hist STARR Exploration & Colonization

Which of the following is an example of North American colonists seeking religious freedom? 

• King Charles II gave land to eight nobles in 1663 who sought to grow tobacco in the Carolinas to sell in Europe.
• Georgia was established in 1733 as a place for prisoners and convicts from England.
• In 1636, a colony at Rhode Island was founded by Roger Williams on the principle of spiritual tolerance.
• Thomas Hooker helped create the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut and establish self-government in 1639.
  

The activities of French and Spanish exploration of North America were similar in which fashion?

• fur trading
• ranching and farming
• gold mining
• sending missionaries

What was the primary reason for the English colonization of Jamestown in 1607 near the James River?

• wealth creation
• creating a new social structure
• religious freedom
• political alliances with other countries

According to the map, which European country primarily operated remote trading outposts within its claimed territory?

• England
• Spain
• France
• Holland

“...to maintain the peace and union of such a people there should be an orderly and decent Government established according to God, to order and dispose of the affairs of the people at all seasons as occasion shall require; do thereforeassociate and conjoin ourselves to be as one Public State or Commonwealth.” The establishment of this order was a result of which of the following?

• The colony needed a strong defense to protect British control.
• The people desired self-government due to the large distance from England.
• The governor sought a chain-of-command to carry out orders from the king of England.
• The colony wanted to share and equally distribute wealth. - Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, 1639
  

Which of the following did not contribute to the rise of self-government in the American colonies?

• distance from England
• need for societal structure
• protection of individual rights
• defense of English sovereignty and control

The establishment of the House of Burgesses in 1619 andcreation of the Mayflower Compact in 1620 indicated the colonists understood the importance of: 

• establishing self-government
• submission to English authority
• protection of natural resources
• creating revenue through taxation

Although established long before the American colonies, the Magna Carta in 1215 influenced what feature of colonial life?

• equal taxation
• wealth distribution
• individual rights
• centralized power

The dependence of the southern colonies on farming lead to which of the following occurrences?

• The governors of southern colonies established laws to protect labor rights and fair wages.
• The economic influence of the southern colonies decreased.
• The king of England increased taxation on the revenue of cotton, tobacco, and coffee.
• The demand for labor increased the profitability of the trans-Atlantic slave trade.

The spread of slavery in the colonization of North America was primarily due to what factor?

• increase in farming of cotton, tobacco, sugar, and coffee
• demand for labor in coastal fishing industry
• creation of shipyards in the northern colonies
• all of these