Chapter 3 "Colonial America" Test

Which of the following answers best describes the reason why the Pilgrims migrated to the Americas?

• To explore new land for the king

• Religious freedom

• To find gold

• To try to convert Native Americans

Which of the following people played an important role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony?

• James Henry

• John White

• John Smith

• James Oglethorpe

Which of the following answers best describes the Mayflower Compact?

• A document containing laws for the settlers of the Plymouth colony to follow.

• A documented agreement made between the settlers of the Plymouth Colony, declaring their independence from England.

• A map that later showed a fort at Jamestown.

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

The first attempted settlement in the Americas by the English was the Lost Colony of __________.

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

The first permanent and lasting English settlement in the Americas was the __________ settlement.

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

Which of the following people established the colony of Georgia, which served as a debtor colony as well as a military barrier between English and Spanish colonies in North America?

• Cecilius Calvert

• John Locke

• James Oglethorpe

• John Winthrop

Which of the following people established the colony of Pennsylvania?

• John Rolfe

• William Penn

• Roger Williams

• John Locke

Which of the following people served as the governor of New Netherland?

• John Cabot

• Peter Stuyvesant

• John Winthrop

• The Duke of York

Which of the following people led a rebellion in Virginia in 1676?

• William Berkeley

• John Locke

• James Oglethorpe

• Nathaniel Bacon

___________was settled by Separatists who wanted to avoid religious persecution.

• The Plymouth Colony

• Georgia

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown