Early America

What country does Christopher Columbus believe he discovered a short cut to?

• China

• India

• America

• Russia

What of value does Columbus believe will be found in this new land?

• Silver

• Oil

• Gold

• Silk

New Amsterdam eventually became this city.

• New York

• Philadelphia

• Boston

• Washington, DC

Which state was founded on religious freedom?

• New York

• Massachusets

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

Which group of immigrants was attracted to Pennsylvania?

• Italian

• British

• German

• Chinese

Which state was home to settlers from Barbados, thus permitting slavery?

• Georgia

• South Carolina

• North Carolina

• Maryland

What did the Toleration Act of 1689 allow?

• Indian independence in the middle colonies

• Freedom of worship for Protestants

• End of slavery in the colonies

How much were the Lenape native people paid for the island of Manhattan ?

• $24

• $240

• $2,400

• $24,000

There was a colony that became a buffer between the english and spanish colony , what was the colony ?

• Georgia

• Maryland

• Texas

• Florida

" the best poor mans country " was used to describe what colony ?

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

• Tennessee