Colonial America Review

The first permanent and lasting English settlement in the Americas was:

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A document that set up an organized government for the Pilgrims

• A list of religious rules the Pilgrims had to follow

• A map that later showed the hidden fort at Jamestown

• A document that kept the colonies from trading with other countries

What was the trip that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas known as?

• The Middle Passage

• The Great Voyage

• The Unspeakable Voyage

• The Triangular Passage

What crop was important in making Jamestown successful?

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Potatoes

Which is true about the colonial government in the Virginia colony?

• Virginia had a king similar to the monarchy in England.

• There was no colonial government in Virginia.

• Virginia had a representative government similar to Parliament in England called the House of Burgesses.

The New England colonies specialized in __________.

• harvesting tobacco and cotton

• shipbuilding and cod fishing

• raising livestock

Mercantilism is an economic system where...

• a mother/parent country takes resources and raw materials from a colony and sells finished goods back to colony.

• there is an unfair balance of trade that benefits the mother country.

• colonies can only trade with the mother/parent country.

• All of the above

What was the reason for the English wanting a permanent settlement at Jamestown?

• They were looking to escape religious persecution.

• They wanted to explore new land

• It was an economic venture.

According to the theory of Mercantilism, colonies existed to

• provide luxury goods

• provide a place to rehouse convicts

• provide raw materials

• provide new trade routes

Which economic theory led to the Triangular Trade?

• Federalism

• Colonialism

• Mercantilism

• Socialism