Early Exploration & Colonies Quiz

Can you state which event happened in 1607 on the timeline?

• House of Burgesses

• Jamestown

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

Why did colonies along the coast grow faster than colonies more inland?

• The colonies along the coast had better gold mines

• The coast kept the people protected with weather

• The colonies along the coast had rich people

• The coast allowed for more goods and people to be brought at a faster rate

Select the two causes of the Native Americans way-of-life being threatened by English settlers?

• The new jobs available and new currency

• The selling of jewelry and the purchase of perfumes

• The killing of game and cutting down of forests

• The outlawing of teepees and no more tobacco

Which of the following was a reason the colonists wanted to leave England?

• self-rule (political freedom)

• starvation in England

• to avoid war

• to get away from religious fanatics

Colonies in the Massachusetts (Plymouth), Maryland, and Pennsylvania were settled for religious reasons. Colonies in Virginia (Jamestown), North Carolina, and New York were settled for _________________.

• American Indians

• Commercial reasons

• Government reasons

• Slave-trading reasons

Explorers came to the Americas for wealth. They also came to expand thier empires and attain glory. Explorers also came to _________________________.

• create inventions

• drill for oil

• find new water sources

• spread Christianity

What was the biggest difference between New England colonies and other colonies more south?

• New England was mostly ruled by the English while the South was ruled by the Spanish

• New England had colonists looking to make war with Native Americans and the South had female leaders

• New England had many settlers trying to create businesses and the South had church builders

• New England had many religious settlers and Southern Colonies had colonists trying to get rich

Religious leaders in the north helped write the Mayflower Compact. Which phrase below explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• Christian citizens

• self-governing citizens

• loyal English citizens

• equal rights citizens

What was the one of the biggest reasons New England had a different economy than the rest of the colonies?

• poor trade

• strong religion

• poor soil (geography)

• good weather

In 1619, the Virginia House of Burgesses was created. In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was signed. In 1639, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were signed. What did these three events show?

• A strict religious upbringing by including the bible in government

• A rebellious nature by overthrowing power

• Loyalty to the king by keeping English traditions

• Representative government by allowing colonists to participate in government