Colonies in Early America and the French & Indian War

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

This person was a powerful chief and provided leadership to his people and taught the settlers survival skills.

• Pocahantas

• Powhatan

• John Smith

• Governor of Virginia

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

Why were Africans forced to come to Jamestown in 1619?

• To work on Sugar Plantations

• To seek Religious freedom

• To work on tobacco plantations

• To fight against American Indians

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

Where did the Puritans land?

• Jamestown

• Georgia

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• New Amesterdam

What was not a goal of the Puritans?

• To educate their children
• To practice their religion closely to the bible
• To gain riches
• To be a city on a hill

Navigation Acts

• A person or company who sells goods/products (merchandise)

• In: goods coming into a country

• Exit: goods going out of a country (selling)

• The specific laws passed by England to control the trade

Mercantilism

• Being angry with England because of their willingness to go to war so quickly. The colonists were not accustomed to British control and actions.

• The specific laws passedy by England to control trade

• The idea that the national power controls trade. Britain had all control, and the colonies served the "mother country."

• Exports: the goods going out into a country (selling)