Colonies Re-take

Match the following reasons with the group of colonists who came to Plymouth for each reason.

• Many settlers were attracted by the promise of this in the colonies.

• gold

• The Pilgrims sought this in Plymouth.

• furs

• Some colonists hoped to find this valuable metal in the New World.

• free land

• Traders and trappers were interested in this resource in North America.

• religious freedom

The Mayflower Compact was signed by:

• Every person on the Mayflower
• All of the men on the Mayflower
• Only the female Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

Match the following statements with what the Mayflower Compact stated or implied.

• The Mayflower Compact included a rule about observing the Sabbath.

• The Pilgrims would go back to England in one year.

• The Mayflower Compact made the ship's captain the colony's leader.

• The captain of the ship was the leader of the colony.

• The Mayflower Compact required the Pilgrims to return to England after a year.

• New laws and leaders would be voted on when the need arose.

• The Mayflower Compact established a system for self-government and decision-making.

• The Pilgrims would keep the Sabbath day holy.

The Virginia Company made money by (a)   .

• Selling furs
• Selling lumber
• Growing and selling tobacco
• Growing and selling grain

Farming was most successful in which colonies?

• New England and Middle
• Middle and Southern
• New England and Southern

The House of Burgesses was:

• where church services were held.
• the first law making assembly in America.
• where the King of England lived.
• the first building built in Jamestown.

Match each colonial region with its major industry.

• New England Colonies - Major Industry

• Slavery

• Middle Colonies - Major Industry

• Cash Crops

• Plantation Colonies - Major Labor System

• Shipbuilding and Fishing

• Southern Colonies - Major Industry

• Metalwork

The founder of Pennsylvania is (a)   .

• John Winthrop
• Sylvester Slovania
• James Olgethorpe
• William Penn

The middle colonies were known for 

• Poor farm land
• Diverse populations and wheat

• Plantations
• Whaling Industry

The first permanent English settlement of North America was (a)   .

• Plymouth
• Roanoke
• Youngstown
• Jamestown