Neosho Ch. 3 Quiz

What characteristic did New Jersey and Delaware have in common?

• owned by the Duke of York
• had been part of other proprietary colonies
• were founded by dissenters
• had been part of New Netherland

Both the colony at Jamestown and Plymouth

• endured a 'starving time'
• were established for religious reasons
• were founded by Puritan leaders
  were financed by a single investor.
• were founded by Puritan leaders.

William Penn founded Pennsylvania for which group to practice freely?

• Puritans
• Quakers
• German Lutherans
• French Protestants

Why was Georgia founded?

• to protect the English colonies against Spanish Florida
• to reward the king's supporters in the English Civil War
• to build a plantation society based on slave labor
• to create competition between French and Dutch fur traders

Which of the following was a belief held by Roger Williams?

• Puritans should be banned from Rhode Island
• Everyone should be forced to attend church
• Puritans should not impose their beliefs on others
• Church and state should not be kept separate.

What geographic feature acted as a barrier to westward expansion?

• the Atlantic Ocean
• the Great Lakes
• the Appalachian Mountains
• Spanish Territory

Which Middle Colonies bordered the South?

• New Jersey and Pennsylvania
• Pennsylvania and Delaware
• Maryland and Delaware
• Maryland and Pennsylvaia

What knowledge did Native Americans offer the English settlers?

• how to grow their own food
• how to tie their shoes
• how to defeat the Spanish
• how to pray correctly

How might the location of Jamestown have helped the colonists in the event of a Spanish attack?

• The colony was distant from the ocean
• Spanish ships would have to sail upriver, where they could be vulnerable.
• Spanish ships were too large to navigate river waters to reach it.
• The colony was protected by hills on all sides.

Which of the following was NOT a reason for England's early colonial experiments in America?

• to establish mercantilism
• to establish missions
• to find gold
• to compete with Spain