Colonial America

What was the first successful American Colony?

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

Which colonial region is known for cold winters, rocky soil, and religious intolerance?

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

Which of the following are cash crops grown in the Colonial South?

• yams

• indigo

• tobacco

• cotton

Why did the Pilgrims leave England and settle in Plymouth?

• to find Gold

• to conquer new land for England

• to escape religious persecution

• to avoid a cholera outbreak

Who invented the strain of tobacco that was successful in the America South?

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• Roger Williams

• Nathaniel Bacon

The House of Burgesses established America's first democratic government in which colony?

• Rhode Island

• North Carolina

• New York

• Virginia

Pennsylvania was founded by what group of people under the guidance of William Penn?

• Quakers

• Baptists

• Catholics

• Conquistadors

What effect did Bacon's Rebellion have on the colonies?

• increased the reliance on indentured servants

• increased use of slaves to avoid indentured servants

• it turned Virginia into a democracy

• the king passed the intolerable acts

Who founded Rhode Island on the belief in separation of Church and State after he was ordered to leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• William Penn

• Lord Baltimore

• Roger Williams

• John Smith

Which term refers to the vicious transatlantic slave trade?