Early Exploration and Settlement

The House of Burgesses was the first what?

• colony
• representative government (colonists passed laws)
• court system
• permanent settlement

What was an important motive for the colonization of Plymouth in North America?

• enslaving the indians
• discovering gold
• spreading their Christian religion to indians
• finding new technology

What was the main reason for European exploration of North America?

• find an all water route to Asia
• they were searching for new land because of over population
• they were searching for slaves
• to divide the land for the New World and Old World

What effect did the news of Columbus's voyages have on Europeans?

• They became anxious to sell their goods in the Americas
  
• New diseases were introduced to Europe
• Indian culture was adopted throughout Europe
• Monarchs wanted to start claiming territory in the Americas

How did the Mayflower Compact help encourage the idea of representative government?

• It expressed the importance of self government
  
• It allowed citizens to possess weapons
• It gave all property owners the right to vote
  
• It established the first court system

The assembly that allowed colonists to elect representatives to govern is known as what?

• Mayflower Compact
  
• House of Burgesses
  
• Town hall
  
• Confederation Congress

The early attempt at colonial self government by the Pilgrims is better known as what?

• English Bill of Rights
  
• Intolerable Acts
  
• Toleration Act of 1649
• Mayflower Compact
  

Why did the population of Jamestown plummet between 1609 and 1610?

• Infertile soil
  
• Disease, famine and Indian attacks
  
• Hurricanes and flooding
• Insect infestation of crops

This tribe brought food to help the colonists and taught them how to grow corn.

• Choctaw
  
• Powhatan
• Cherokee
• Seminole

The scattering of millions enslaved Africans in known as what?

• African Diaspora
  
• Middle Passage
  
• Indentured servitude
  
• Northwest Passage