Chapter 2 Test 8-Hist

Joint-stock companies provided a means for raising money to support a new colony. Page 20

• True

• False

All of the colonies originally were charter colonies. Page 20-21

• True

• False

The Pilgrims did not land in the area where they had obtained permission to settle. Page 23

• True

• False

The Pilgrims' desire for religious freedom contributed to the success of their settlement. Page 24

• True

• False

The Massachusetts Bay Colony grew slowly. Page 25

• True

• False

Vermont was a British colony that became one of the thirteen original states. Page 28

• True

• False

Peter Stuyvesant and the Dutch purchased Manhattan from the Indians. Page 29

• True

• False

The English prohibited Roman Catholics from migrating to the American colonies. Page 32

• True

• False

Both Roman Catholics and Protestants settled Maryland. Pages 32-33

• True

• False

Indigo was an important cash crop for South Carolina. Page 34

• True

• False