Colonial America - Test 1 Review

 In what year were the first African indentured servants brought to America?

• 1774
• 1641
• 1619
• 1640

What was the reason Georgia was founded as a colony?

• Religious Freedom
• It was a place for criminals and debtors
• Agriculture

The first Africans who arrived in Jamestown were

• burgessess
• indentured servants
• slaves
• residents

Which region of colonies had the following conditions:
-broad, coastal plains
-year-round warm climate
-rich soil for farming

• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• New England Colonies

 The British government expected the colonists in America to harvest valuable resources and ship them back to England. In return, England protected the colonies and provided them with finished products manufactured from those natural resources.

• supply and demand
• mercantilism
• bartering
• redistribution

. Which was an impact of the arrival of women at Jamestown?

• more settlers made temporary homes
• more settlers voted
• more settlers lived alone
• more settlers started families

 The different climates and geography of each colonial region most directly affected

• agriculture
• morals
• tourism
• manufacturing

Many of the original English colonists were religious separatists from the Church of England (i.e., the Pilgrims in Plymouth and the Puritans in Massachusetts Bay Colony). Why were these groups eager to settle colonies in North America?

• as a punishment from the King of England
• The Puritan and Pilgrim religious beliefs called for them to be alone
• Religious Freedom and financial opportunities

What term is used to describe the journey of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean?

• the great passage
• the long passage
• the Northwest passage
• the middle passage

which of the following colonial region and religious group are matched correctly

• New England - Quakers
• Middle - Puritans
• New England - Puritans
• Southern - Quakers