Exploration and Colonization Review EOM

Boston and New Orleans were both founded as?

• Port Cities

• Farming Communities

• Industrial Centers

• Military Outposts

How did geography influence the early economic development of New York, Boston, and Charleston?

• Long coastlines offered abundant natural resources.

• Proximity to flooding rivers limited development.

• Natural harbors provided access to markets.

• Extreme climates limited productive activity.

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.

• Plymouth’s founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown’s founders expected to discover gold.

• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.

• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments.

• It weakened the influence of religion in government.

• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract.

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government.

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade during the 1700's

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies.

• Demand for slaves in American colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• Demand for slave in the Industrialized American colonies.

Which area was colonized by the British?

• A

• B

• C

• D

What was the first permanent English settlement founded in 1607?

• Roanoke
• Plymouth
• Jamestown
• Rhode Island

What colony did Roger Williams found?

• Rhode Island
• Connecticut
• Plymouth
• Massachusetts Bay

Banished from Massachusetts Bay colony for saying that she could read and understand the Bible and did not need a man to teach it to her

• Abigale Adams
• Ann Hutchinson
• Elizabeth Cady Stanton
• Susan B. Anthony

He was the founder of Pennsylvania as colony for Quakers and believed that all people are equal?

• William Penn
• William Bradford
• Roger Williams
• James Oglethorpe