Colonization

What was the primary reason why settlers in the mid-to-late 1600s founded the Southern Colonies?

• to farm the rich soil found there

• to trade with the Spanish

• to build fisheries near the ocean

• to enjoy the warmer climate

Jamestown was created for

• religious freedom
• economic gain
• political freedom
• prisoner placement

The first representative/legislative body in the New World

• The Mayflower Compact
• Bacon's Agreement
• The Half-way Covenant
• House of Burgesses

The colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island were all formed because of the

need to

• create economic profits

• institutionalize African slavery

• establish religious freedom

• deport criminals and debtors

Roger Williams founder Rhode Island on the principle of 

• economic gain
• slavery
• political purpose
• religious freedom

Mass hysteria in New England resulted from

• The Scarlet Letter
• The Salem Witch Trials
• The preaching of Anne Hutchinson
• King Philips War

One Native American chief's plan to rid the New World of European settlers

• The Plymouth Plunder
• The conquering of New Amsterdam
• Bacon's Rebellion
• King Philip's War

What resource, discovered by French traders and explorers, became their MOST important trading

commodity?

• gold and silver

• spices and herbs

• underground oil reserves

• animals with valuable furs

Which economic theory motivated the English to colonize the Americas in search of natural resources?

• feudalism

• laissez-faire economics

• mercantilism

• Keynesian economics

Which of the following BEST describes the Great Awakening and its impact on colonial America?

• It was a reform movement aimed at improving the colonial educational system

• It was a patriotic movement beginning just before the American Revolutionary War

• It was a spiritual movement that reawakened colonial interest in Christianity.

• It was a cultural movement that emphasized the American experience in art.