Early Colonies

What became Jamestown's "gold"?

• gold
• tobaccco
• water
• tomatoes

What product was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?

• Cotton
• Tobbaco
• Indigo
• Gold

Which of these BEST explains the reason for African slaves being brought into the British colonies in Southern North America in the 17th century?

• The economy of Southern colonies needed non-wage labor.
  
• Northern colonial governments considered slavery immoral.
• Southern colonies refused to use Indians as forced labor.
• Industrial factories in the north did not need slave labor.

Which number on this map marks the area of colonial North America controlled by Great Britain around the year 1700?

• 1
• 2
• 3
• 4

Where was Jamestown located (today)?

• Missouri
• Mississippi
• Virginia
• North Carolina

The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom

• True
• False

Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________

• Native Americans and slaves
• women and children
• slaves and indentured servants
• Frenchmen and Mexicans

Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1608
• 2081