Chapter 2: England and Its American Colonies (1607-1732)

A crop grown for its value.

• Cash crop

• Cash money

• Cash farm

An English joint-stock company established by King James which helped fund Jamestown was

• House of Burgesses

• Virginia Company

• Mayflower Compact

• Wampanoag Confederacy

Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Backcountry

Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

A worker in a system of unfree labor; bound by a signed or forced contract.

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Maid

• Nanny

The laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people.

• Black Codes

• Grandfather Clause

• Slave Codes

• Jim Crow

Who founded Rhode Island?

• Roger Williams

• Roger Smith

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

The Middle Passage refers to 

• The ocean crossing of the slaves
• The route taken to reach New York 
• A step in climbing the social ladder
• A system of trade between the colonies 

Which crop did John Rolfe bring to Virginia?

• Rice
• Corn
• Wheat
• Tobacco 

First successful English settlement in the New World and was financially support by a joint stock company.

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Pilgrim

• Maryland