Unit Four - English Colonies

A colony is...

• farmland established by Native Americans
• settlement established by a country in another territory
• plantation farmed by slave labor
• a place for indentured servants and prisoners

This English colony disappeared when settlers returned to find them in what is now North Carolina.

• Jamestown
• Yorktown
• Roanoke
• Plymouth

This English colony was established in Virginia and was initially starving and failing.

• Jamestown
• Yorktown
• Roanoke
• Plymouth

This word means to give specific rights to a country or individual.

• Chartered
• Representative
• Persecution
• Slavery

What were some of the problems with the original Jamestown settlement? 

• Swampy Land, Lazy Colonists, Illnesses such as malaria
• Great farmland, aliens
• Swampy land and aliens
• The election between Donald Trump and Joe Biden

This man tried to turn Jamestown around by making everyone work; however, everything fell apart after he left.

• John Rolfe
• John Smith
• Miles Standish
• John Winthrop

This man saved Jamestown by bringing tobacco to harvest.  He also married Pocahontas.

• John Smith
• John Rolfe
• John Winthrop
• Miles Standish

Jamestown had a government called the House of Burgesses.  It was a ___________________ government.

• Communist
• Socialist
• Democratic
• Representative

This colony was established in Massachusetts because these people wanted religious freedom.

• Jamestown
• Yorktown
• Plymouth
• Roanoke

Why did many people leave England and settle in Massachusetts?

• Religious Freedom
• To find gold
• To study new wild life
• To research Native Americans