8th Grade SC World History 8-1.3

The first permanent English settlement is: 

• Jamestown
• South Carolina 
• Virginia 
• Myrtle Beach 

The company in which investors buy stock for a return of a share and profits is:

• Joint Stock Company 
• Stock Savage Company 
• Hello Stock Company 
• South Carolina Stock Company 

Define the Headright System: 

• Provided land to anyone who paid their own passage or the passage of others to the settlement. Promoted the establishment of large plantations based on cash crops. 
• Large farms that were based on cash crops, made South Carolina a distinctly Southern colony. 
• Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years.
• All of the Above 

(True/False) The House of Burgesses was the first established legislative assembly in Virginia. 

• True
• False 
• Maybe 
• None Of The Above

What word matches this definition: Founded as a haven for religious groups persecuted in England, offered religious freedom, economy was based on harvesting lumber and trading? 

• New England Colonies 
• Middle Colonies 
• Southern Colonies 
• New Alliance Colonies 

Which type of colony matches the facts below? 
1. Attracted a great diversity of people and religions.
2. Known as the "breadbasket" of the colonies. 3. Economy was based on fertile fields and good harbors. 

• Middle Colonies 
• New England Colonies 
• Southern Colonies 
• New World Colonies 

The people who wanted to separate from the Church of England and establish a democratic society in New England Colonies were called:  

• Pilgrims 
• Puritans 
• Separatists
• Mayflower Compact 

This separatist group wanted to leave England to escape religious persecution. What group is this?

• Pilgrims 
• Puritans 
• British Colonies 
• Quakers 

What is the definition of Dissenters?

• People who dissented from the sky. 
• People who dissented from the ground. 
• Protestants whose views and opinions differed from those of the Puritans and were exiled to other parts of the colony. 
• Protestants whose views and opinions differed from those of the Pilgrims and were exiled to other parts of the colony. 

This group promoted religious tolerance and believed that everyone had an inner light. This group is the: 

• Quakers 
• Pilgrims  
• Puritans 
• Quackers