8th Grade Unit #1

What was the first successful English colony in North America?

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Roanoke
• Williamsburg

What cash crop was grown in Jamestown?

• Tobacco
• Cotton
• Rice
• Indigo

What was the first elected governing body in the New World?

• Mayflower Compact
• House of Burgesses
• Bacon's Rebellion
• Parliament

___ left Europe for religious freedom in the New World.

• Native Americans
• John Smith
• Pilgrims
• Pocahantas

Which document did the men of the Plymouth sign before they joined the colony? 

• Magna Carta
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• English Bill of Rights
• Mayflower Compact

Who was kicked out of Puritan Massachusetts for going against Puritan rule.

• Roger Williams
• Squanto
• John Smith
• William Penn

A ___ is a colony run by the king or queen.

• Proprietary Colony
• Royal Colony
• Self- Governing Colony
• Holy Colony

William Penn was the leader of which religious group?

• Quakers
• Catholics
• Protestants
• Muslims

___ is when you grow enough food for your family to have for the year.

• Plantation Economy
• Hydroculture
• Subsistence Farming
• Greenhouse Agriculture

What was the main effect of the defeat of the Spanish Armada?

• The British started to explore more of North America.

• The Spanish discovered gold on their voyage home.

• The British discovered new trade routes to the east.

• The British colonized Africa.