Colonial America

Which colony was settled by the Puritans

• Roanoke Island

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts Bay

Which colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America

• Savannah, Georgia

• Boston, Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Jamestown, Virginia

Was settled by people who had been in debtor's prison in England.

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

• Georgia

• Plymouth Colony

Which colony was settled by the Quakers

• Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

• Roanoke Island

• Georgia

Which colonial region is described by this: cash crops, plantations, and slavery?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• New England

• Mid Western

The economy of the New England colonies revolved around all of the following EXCEPT:

• fishing

• naval supplies

• shipbuilding

• cash crops

The ______ colonies included people from the most diverse group of European countries.

• New England
• Middle
• Southern

In the Southern colonies, what was the economy mostly based on?

• Shipbuilding
• producing iron and textiles in factories
• whaling and fishing
• producing cash crops on large farms

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A document that set up an organized self- government for the Pilgrims

• A list of religious rules the Pilgrims had to follow

• A map that later showed the hidden fort at Jamestown

• A document that kept the colonies from trading with other countries

Someone who agrees to work for a designated amount of time without pay in exchange for passage to America is:

• A Puritan

• An indentured servant

• A slave

• A head-right