American History Review

The First Permanent English Colony in North America

• Jamestown

• Boston

• New York

• Plymouth

The English first settled in the New World in

• 1492

• 1593

• 1609

• 1630

The Pilgrims and Puritans settled in

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

The Catholics settled in

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

The Dutch settled in

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

The founder of the Jamestown colony was

• Captain John Smith

• William Bradford

• William Penn

• George Calvert

The founder of the Pennsylvania colony was

• Captain John Smith

• William Bradford

• William Penn

• George Calvert

The biggest city in the New World was

• New York

• Boston

• Philadelphia

• Jamestown

Philadelphia was built by

• Catholics

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Farmers

People came to the Southern colonies for

• religious freedom

• opportunities to get land and wealth

• to escape political oppression

• to explore new lands and meet new people