8th Social Studies Review

What year was Jamestown, the first successful English settlement, founded?

• 1215
• 1607
• 1619
• 1620

What year was the Mayflower Compact written?

• 1215

• 1607

• 1619

• 1620

Plymouth was founded for religious reasons, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit.

• True

• False

What was the main reason for establishing the Plymouth Colony in 1620?

• provide a port to serve the transatlantic slave trade

• expanded the influence of the British government in the American colonies

• cultivate tobacco to sell to Great Britain

• practice their religion in peace without interference from the Church of England

Virginia House of Burgesses, Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are all examples of ......

• Representative Governments

• Economic Systems

• Colonies in the Americas

• Communist governments

The Virginia House of Burgesses was the first...

• Representative Government

• Self Government

Mayflower compact was the first...

• Representative Government
• Self Government

What do the 3 colonial regions have in common?

• Warm Climate

• Fertile Soil

• Natural harbors

• Rocky soil

Because farmers grew so much wheat,the Middle Colonies were known as the _________of the Colonies.

• wheat-basket
• bread-basket
• bread-capital
• farm-basket

What kind of economic activities did the New England colonies have?

• ship building

• lumber

• Fishing and whaling

• all of the above