U.S. History Final Semester 1

The colonists in Plymouth came from England looking for:

• religious freedom
• gold
• furs
• free land

The Mayflower Compact stated that:

• New laws and leaders would be voted on when the need arose.
• The captain of the ship was the leader of the colony.
• The Pilgrims would go back to England in one year.
• the Pilgrims would keep the Sabbath day holy.

Who was the settlement of Jamestown named after?

• Queen James of England
• The president of the Virginia Company
• Chief of the Wampanoag tribe
• King James of England

Farming was most successful in which colonies?

• New England and Middle
• Middle and Southern
• New England and Southern

Lumber and ship building was a successful enterprise in which colonies?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• MIddle and Southern

John Rolfe

• Led the Jamestown settlers in war against Powhatan

• Was the fist settler in Jamestown to strike it rich by finding gold.

• experimented with cultivating tobacco

• Traveled from Jamestown to establish the Maryland colony

What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown

• To convert the natives to Christianity

• To establish a community with representative government

• to establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

• to find gold and riches

Bacons Rebellion stemmed from violent attacks of

• Protestants against wealthy Catholics

• Poor white settlers against Native Americans

• Black slaves against plantation owners

• white indentured servants against plantation owners

What was the most important factor in France's ability to hold its vast North American domain against Spanish and English Expansion?

• The presence of a large and expansive French army

• the construction of fortified missions

• Good relations with Native Americans

• The establishment of stable and thriving communities throughout New France.

Which of the colonies was founded as a refuge for imprisoned debtors?

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia