Unit 2: English Colonization

Which best defines James Oglethorpe?

• Colony established on Yamacraw Bluff.

• The founder of the Georgia colony.

• Translated for Oglethorpe and was the “go between” for Oglethorpe and Tomochichi.

The claiming and settlement of foreign territories for the purpose of gaining resources for the mother country

• Exploration 
• Colonization 
• Democracy 
• Exploitation 

A territory that is under the political control of another country

• Town 
• Colony 
• Democracy 
• Monarchy 

Which of the following best describes the economy of colonial New England?

• Depended on good soil and weather for farming.

• Depended on factories

• Depended on the sea for fishing and trading.

• Depended on slave labor.

Who was one of the founding leaders of the Jamestown colony?

• John Smith

• Roger Williams

• Nathaniel Bacon

• William Penn

James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be settled by...

• English debtors.

• indentured servants.

• religious Separatists.

• wealthy businesspeople.

Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with African slaves?

• It was required by law.

• Africa was closer than Europe.

• Africans were more willing to work.

• It provided a permanent source of labor.

The Virginia House of Burgesses was significant because it

• negotiated the treaty of the French-Indian War.

• attempted to subvert English rule before the Revolution.

• acted as the first legislative body in the Americas.

• granted early equal rights to non-white American settlers.

Which section of the 13 colonies used slave labor to grow tobacco?

• Southern

• Middle

• Spanish Florida

• New England

What type of established church did Rhode Island support?

• A Puritan church that had no ties to the Church of England.

• The Catholic church.

• A church that allowed all Rhode Island colonists freedom of Religion.

• None; people of all faiths could worship freely.