Exploration & Colonization

The first permanent English colony established in 1607 was 

• St. Augustine
• Jamestown
• Boston
• Plymouth

The Maryland Colony was created for

• Puritans
• Protestants
• Catholics
• Anglicans

The Mayflower Compact promised to

• Make "just and equal laws"
• Keep ties with England
• Follow English laws
• Kill Native Americans

Which colonial leader was banished from Massachusetts in 1636 and created a new settlement in Providence, Rhode Island for religious freedom?

• Roger Williams
• William Bradford
• John Wise
• John Smith

Queen Victoria and King James are examples of

• dictators
• presidents
• monarchs
• prime ministers

The cash crop that provided economic profit and commerce for Jamestown was

• corn

• rice

• wheat

• tobacco

The practice of owning and controlling people against their will is called

• indentured servitude

• slave auction

• slave trade

• slavery

Why did colonial farmers settle near oceans or coastal waterways?

• Fewer Native Americans lived there
• Farmers were paid to settle there
• The land had few rocks and trees
• Transportation by water of goods and and crops was easier.

What change to the environment did the settlers need to make first in order to build their homes?

• harvest crops

• plant seeds

• clear trees

• build roads and bridges

Which of the following issues did Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams disagree with church leaders about, forcing them to leave Massachusetts? 

• giving women the right to vote
• religion
• slavery
• indentured servitude