U.S. History Mid-Term Review

1. Which European nation established settlements in the present-day United States in Florida, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California?

• France

• Netherlands

• Spain

• Russia

What example did citizens of Jamestown look to when setting up their own representative government?

• French revolutionaries

• English Parliament

• Spanish monarchy

• Russian dissidents

Which colony was started by John Smith and 100 Englishmen in 1607?

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Maine

• Roanoke

What crop made Jamestown an economic success?

• wheat

• indigo

• barley

• tobacco

When the Pilgrims and Puritans came to the colonies seeking religious freedom in the 1620’s, which colony did they start?

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

• New Jersey

What would happen to citizens in the Massachusetts Bay colony that would not follow the strict Puritanical lifestyle?

• They were rewarded with titles of nobility

• They were given extra religion classes

• They were banished from the colony

• They were sent to jail

The first permanent colony established by England in the present-day United States was located in:

• Jamestown

• Philadelphia

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

What were the voting requirements for people in the colonies?

• must be male

• must be white

• must own land

• all of these

African slaves traveled on a route to the Americas called the ___________.

• Slave Passage

• African Passage

• Middle Passage

• American Passage

During the French and Indian war, which two historical European rival countries were fighting?

• Spain and Britain

• Britain and France

• France and India

• India and Spain