Exploration and Colonization Review

Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?

• To fight against American Indians
• To work on sugar plantations.
• To see religious freedom.
• To work on tobacco plantations.

The following group came to the New World voluntarily EXCEPT

• Dutch
• English
• Africans
• Puritans

Why did the Puritans, who settled in New England, form a covenant community?

• To pay for their passage to the New World
• To forma a positive relationship with the American Indians
• To bind themselves together for religious purposes
• To develop a strong economy based on tobacco

Prior to 1619 in the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most likely

• an indentured servant
• an American Indian
• a landed Cavalier
• a slave

What religious group settled primarily in Pennsylvania?

• Puritans
• Presbyterians
• Catholics
• Quakers

Prior to the Revolutionary War, which statement best describes the type of government found in the New England colonies?

• Large plantation owners were appointed by the British government to make political decisions.
• The British government made all political decisions.
• The citizens elected a small group of people to make political decisions on their behalf.
• The citizens collectively made decisions for themselves.

The "Great Awakening" laid the social foundations for the

• Monroe Doctrine
• American Revolution
• Movement West
• French and Indian War

Which colonial region developed major seaport and commercial economies in cities such as New York and Philadelphia?

• New England colonies
• Mid-Western colonies
• Southern colonies
• Middle colonies

A strong belief in private ownership of property and free enterprise characterized

• Puritans
• Spanish Conquistadors
• Native American life
• Colonial life

Which movement led to the rapid growth of evangelical religions in Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s?

• Martin Luther reforms
• The Great Awakening
• Religious zealots
• The Vatican mandate