1. Settling America

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?

• To work on Sugar Plantations
• To seek Religious freedom
• To work on tobacco plantations
• To fight against American Indians

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Jamestown is in what modern US state?

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• South Carolina
• Georgia

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System where someone is bound to work without wages for a set time period, usually to pay off a debt

• slavery

• indentured servants

• joint-stock company

Jamestown settlers relied on new people and supplies from England. Before winter 1609, new supplies did not come, causing _____, where settlers ate cats, dogs, leather, rats, and perhaps even deceased people.

• The Plymouth Plenty

• The Cursed Time

• The Starving Time

• Hammer Time

Colonial settlement was not easy. Which of the following is NOT one reason people chose to settle the "New World"?

• Cost of living was cheaper

• To work as a slave

• Easier to find work

• Establish a pure religious society

• Political freedom

The Great Migration was the movement of 

• Jews to Georgia
• Virginians to Maryland
• Puritans to Massachusetts
• Quakers to Pennsylvania

Who is the founder of Pennsylvania?

• John Winthrop
• Sylvester Slovania
• James Olgethorpe
• William Penn

A cash crop is 

• Traded with other crops
• Raised for sale in markets
• Planted only for one's family
• Only for personal use