Plymouth and Jamestown

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 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.

What was the main goal of British colonization in the New World?

• To establish permanent settlements

• To find gold from the natives

• To spread their religion to the natives

• To build a new safe haven for the Native American populations

Which of the following statements best summarizes the economic and social reasons for the founding of Jamestown and Plymouth

• Jamestown was established as a safe place for debtors while Plymouth was established by families.

• Colonists in Jamestown expected riches while the colonists of Plymouth desired to practice their own religion.

• Jamestown and Plymouth became safe havens for people of all religious beliefs and thriving trading colonies in the New World.

• Colonists in both Jamestown and Plymouth intended to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and trade with them.

Which of the following states one similarity between the Plymouth, Maryland, and Pennsylvania colonies?

• Settlers in these colonies traveled due to the Great Migration of Puritans

• These colonies were established by people supportive of the Church of England

• These colonies previously faced persecution so believed in religious toleration

• Settlers in these colonies were persecuted for their religious beliefs in England

• A settler at Jamestown colony

• A settler at Plymouth colony

• One of the founders of North and South Carolina

• A colonist in Georgia

Jamestown expanded to become the colony of-

• Delaware

• Virginia

• South Carolina

• Masachusetts