Colonial America Review

Why was Jamestown founded?

• For religious freedom
• The intention of planting crops.
• They hoped to find gold.
• To trade goods with Native Americans. 

Why was Plymouth founded?

• To escape religious persecution. 
• To take land from Native Americans.
• To look for gold.
• To plant crops. 

The Pilgrims were motivated to found Plymouth because of religious freedom. 

• True
• False

After founding the Massachusetts Bay colony, they removed Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson for disagreeing with the church. This lead to the modern view of: 

• How laws should be made.
• The concept of religious freedom. 
• How people should be treated.
• How Africans would be handled in the new world. 

Which of the following lead Colonists to establish representative governments:

• A distance from England
• Traditional Rights of Englishmen
• A need to make laws
• All of the answers are correct. 

The Mayflower Compact sets up a:

• Civil Body Politic, or a way to create a government among themselves.
• A series of laws that usually ended in a hanging.
• How to report things back to England.
• A way to banish people from the colony. 

The Virginia House of Burgesses:

• Provided an example of representative government.
• Established the first army in the New World.
• Regulated what the people were allowed to eat.
• Determined who could leave the colony. 

How did geography impact the early economies of New York, Boston and Charleston?

• Natural Harbors allowed ships to unload at markets.
• They were near flat areas that allowed crops to grow.
• They were important for fishing.
• They allowed for trains and railroads to grow near them. 

Which Colonial Region was mostly founded for religious freedom?

• The Middle Colony
• The Southern Colonies
• The New England Colonies
• The French Canadian Colonies

Why did the Southern Colonies find success in agriculture? 

• The coast provided fertile soil for plants to grow.
• More animals provided more fertilizer.
• Native Americans were much more helpful than in the North.
• The Spanish provided help to the colonists.