APUSH CH 3 and 4

What was the reason for the English wanting a permanent settlement at Jamestown?

• They were looking to escape religious persecution.
• They wanted a permanent vacation spot.
• It was an economic venture.
• It was an exploration venture.

This colony was founded by William Penn and settled by the Quakers.

• Pennsylvania
• Georgia
• Massachusetts
• North Carolina

The Puritans settled in this colony.

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Massachusetts Bay
• Pennsylvania

Why did groups like the Pilgrims and the Puritans come to America?

• To Make More Money
• To Expand Land for the King of England
• To Build a New Government
• To Practice Their Religion Freely

This company was responsible for writing the charter to settle Jamestown.

• The Jamestown Company
• The England Company
• The New England Company
• The Virginia Company

Which group signed a contract agreeing to work for a number of years in exchange for the cost of their passage?

• Artisans
• Indentured Servants
• Free African Americans
• Merchants

Colonial-era New England Town meetings and the Virginia House of Burgesses were both

• early social reform movements

• attempts to build a strong national government

• steps in the growth of representative democracy

• efforts to regulate trade with Native American Indians

Which heading best completes the partial outline below?

I. __________________________________

A. Vast timber resources

B. Rocky soil

C. Rich ocean fishing grounds

D. Single-family farms

• Factors in the Economic Development of Colonial New England

• Reasons for the Development of Southern Plantations

• Features Contributing to Dutch Success in Colonial New Amsterdam

• Components of the British System of Mercantilism

Indentured servants were important to the development of the colonies because they

• were usually artisans who brought needed skills to the area

• provided relatively cheap and an abundant source of labor for planters and farmers

• brought new ideas about the cultivation of tobacco

• provided labor for public projects undertaken by colonial governments

Many colonies objected to the Albany Plan of Union (1754) mainly because

• the colonies had just been given representation in Parliament

• the plan gave too much power to the Native Americans

• threats to colonial safety had ended

• colonial assemblies didn’t want to give up their individual power