The 13 Colonies - Week 6

What caused the food shortage in 16th century England?

• The potato blight

• Mad cow disease

• The flu pandemic of 1586

• Raising seep for wool was more profitable than growing crops

Who was the first American-born child of English parents?

• Keiser Soze

• Bruce Wayne

• Virginia Dare

• Jim Thorpe

The primary purpose for colonies in the New World was...

• To make money

• To establish relationships with Native Americans

• To satisfy the European urge to travel

• To ease the overpopulation of Europe

The London Company was later known as the...

• East India Company

• Virginia Company

• St. James Company

• Austin Powers Company

Who established the first English settlement in North America?

• Sir James Bond

• Prince Albert

• Sir Walter Raleigh

• Sir Paul McCartney

The British colony at Roanoke failed by 1590, but the second attempt to establish a colony was in 1607. The name of that colony was...

• Cooperstown

• Jamestown

• Annapolis

• Leesburg

The people of Jamestown had a rough go of it. They were not successful until they learned to grow...

• corn

• wheat

• lentils

• tobacco

The first African slaves arrived in Virginia in what year?

• 1492

• 1609

• 1776

• 1619

What was the name of the colony that belonged to Cecilius Calvert?

• New York

• Maryland

• Carolina

• Delaware

Who founded Plymouth Colony?

• The Pilgrims

• The Pagans

• The Quakers

• The Abolitionists