Settlement & Colonization UNIT TEST

The first permanent English colony in North America was:

• New Amsterdam
• Jamestown
• Massachusetts Bay
• Quebec

The reason for the founding of Jamestown was for ____________.  It was made possible by a joint stock corporation called _____________?

•  Ecomomic reasons, Virginia Company
•  religious freedom, North Carolina Company
• adventure, Pilgrams
• Economic reasons, Mayflower 

What were the two Primary factors that caused explorers and colonists to come to America?

• Freedom of Religion and Economic prosperiety
• They wanted to escape the Plague in Europe
• They felt it was the right to take what they can
• They were intent on enslaving as many Indians as possible and were war drinven

Where was the House of Burgess's, which was the first form of Government in ______________  Virginia?

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Baltamore
• Roanoke

Which of the following would be an example of Mercantilism?

• The colonies traded with each other and the Native Americans.  This is how they gained power in the New World.
• The colonies had a free market economic system. This enabled them to have trade with all of Europe.
• The colonies were only able to trade with England. Colonies were taxed heavily and all regulations were set by England.
• This was a economic system in which the Native Americans dominated trade

John Rolfe smuggled in ____________? This assisted in the Jamestown Colony in thriving and growing into a boom town.

• Gold
• Corn
• Tobacco
• Wheat

Passed in 1651 by English Parliament, these series of laws sought to tighten England’s control of trade in the American colonies:
-Goods must be traded using English ships, 
-Must be operated with 75% English crew.
   - cash crops could only be exported to England.
-Goods traded first had to pass through English port to collect taxes on.

• Navigation Acts
• Exploration Acts
• Tea Acts
• Magna Carta

__________,  __________,  __________ where motivating factors that the European nations tended to have when it came to exploration of the New World.

• Glory, Domination, War
• God, Glory, Gold
• God, Giving, Gangster
• Drought, Disease, Death

The original thirteen American colonies can be categorized into three distinct colonial regions: 

• Cold, Warm, Humid
• Top, Middle, Bottom
• New England, Middle, Southern
• Northern, Middle, Southern

Examine the differences between the Pilgrims and the Puritans?

• While the Pilgrims were Separatists, the Puritans were non-separating Congregationalists -- they believed the Church of England was the one true church and they were loyal to England, but not in the way they worshipped.
• The Pilgrims wanted to profit and and the Puritans disagreed with profit their only concern was to live off the land and create and lifestyle similar to the Native Americans
• Pilgrims were loyal to the Anglican Church and the Puritans wanted to separate from the Anglican Church.
• You have read enough if you have read all these questions so choose the right answer.  Hint it is not this one.