Early US settlements

What delayed Captain John White’s return to Roanoke?

• a trip to another settlement
• a war between England and Spain
• a need to raise money to repair ships
• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

Why is Roanoke called the “lost colony”?

• John White could not find his way back to it
• Everyone went back to England.
• It lost a contest with Jamestown.
• All the settlers disappeared.

What was a problem with the original site of Jamestown?

• It was wet land with bad water.
• It was high in the hills.
• It was too rocky to farm
• It was too near the American Indians

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth came in search of

• freedom to practice their religion.
• independence from England.
• natural riches such as gold.
• good farmland and fishing

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• a pledge of friendship with American Indians
• a plan of government drawn up by the settlers
• an agreement with the ship's captain
• a promise of support by the king

What brought colonists from England to Jamestown?

• They were in search of better farmland and hunting grounds.

• They were in search of gold and silver to grow wealthy.

• They were in search of tobacco.

• They were in search of religious freedom.

Roanoke, Jamestown, and Plymouth were some of the earliest ___________ settlements in the Americas.

• Spanish

• Dutch

• African

• English

What was the first English settlement?

• Plymouth Colony
• Jamestown
• Roanoke Island
• Massachusetts Bay Colony

What was the first PERMANENT English settlement?

• Plymouth Colony
• Jamestown
• Roanoke Island
• Massachusetts Bay Colony

Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by which group?

• Pilgrims
• Quakers
• Debtors
• Puritans