VA & US History SOL Review #2

The first permanent English settlement in North America was ______ founded in _______ .  

• St. Augustine / 1565
• Jamestown / 1607
• Plymouth / 1620
• San Antonio / 1718

The Colony type in the map colored yellow represents:

• Southern
• Mid - Atlantic
• New England
• Floridian

The Colony type in the map colored turquoise represents:

• Southern
• Mid - Atlantic
• New England
• Floridian

The Colony type in the map colored pink represents:

• Southern
• Mid - Atlantic
• New England
• Floridian

The primary reason for the establishment of the Southern Colonies was...

• Academic
• Economic
• Religious
• Scientific

The primary reason for the establishment of the New England Colonies was...

• Academic
• Economic
• Religious
• Scientific

The document that provided a framework for the first New England Colony was the -

• Declaration of Independence  
• Two Treatise on Government
• Albany Plan of Union
• Mayflower Compact

The government of the early New England Colonies was a form of direct democracy administered through -

• formal legislative bodies
• town meetings
• decrees from the King 
• powerful warlords

The first elected assembly in the New World was ____________ now known as the General Assembly of Virginia. 

• Virginia Assembly of Elders
• Virginia High Council
• Virginia Squires
• Virginia House of Burgesses 

The first inhabitants of the Americas are known as -

• Spanish
• Mongols
• American Indians
• Cavaliers