Colonies

Plymouth Colony was in what state?

• Pennsylvania
• Virginia
• Massachusetts
• New York

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 settled Jamestown?

• The Pilgrims
• The Virginia Company
• The Quakers
• Catholics

How did the Virginia Company make money?

• Selling furs
• Selling lumber
• Growing and selling tobacco
• Growing and selling grain

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

The House of Burgesses was:

• where church services were held.
• the first law making assembly in America.
• where the King of England lived.
• the first building built in Jamestown.

Which of these colonies offered the most freedom for the people who lived there?

• Georgia
• Virginia
• Pennslvania
• Massachusetts

Which of these features made the Southern colonies unique?

• self-government
• religious freedom
• general assemblies
• tobacco plantations