founding colonies

The House of Burgesses was the first law-making body in North America made up of _____________ officials.

• appointed
• elected
• assigned
• delegated

Large farms that grow just one crop are called _______________.

• ranches
• orchards
• plantations
• acres

What crops did the settlers in Carolina grow?

• corn and beans
• tobacco and rice
• rice and potatoes
• tomatoes and beans

An event in colonial history when a group of Virginians, including indentured servants, burned Jamestown down in response to higher taxes, voting restrictions and lack of protection against Native American attacks

• Bacon's Rebellion
• The Whiskey Rebellion
• The Berkeley Rebellion
• Jamestown Rebellion

The portion of the Triangular Trade trip where Africans were kidnapped and transported to the New World and sold as slaves

• Middle Passage
• First Passage
• West Indies Journey
• Atlantic Passage

Written by male passengers of the Plymouth Colony, this was the first documented government of the Puritans, who settled in New England

• Mayflower Compact
• Plymouth Compact
• House of Burgesses
• The Constitution

This religious group left England and created the Massachusetts Bay colony in the 1630’s

• Puritans
• Cavaliers
• Quakers
• Catholics

This first permanent English colony was founded in 1607

• Jamestown
• Massachusetts 
• Plymouth 
• Georgia

Someone who works for about 7 years in order to pay off his/her debt for passage to America

• Indentured Servants
• Slaves
• Political Refugees
• Serfs

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

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