VUS 2

The Puritans, seeking religious freedom, settled in:

• New England

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• All Colonies

The first elected assembly in the "New World" was the:

• Mayflower Compact in Plymouth

• House of Burgesses in Virginia

• Assembly of Cardinal in St. Augustine

• First Continental Congress in Philadelphia

The Puritans were very intolerant of:

• Seeking freedom from religious persecution

• Seeking economic opportunity

• Seeking some form of self-government

• Escaping from prisons in England

The Mayflower Compact was:

• The idea that all men are created equal

• The name of the charter granted to Virginia by the King

• The name of the journey the Puritans took across the Atlantic

• The covenant community based on Puritan religious beliefs and democracy

People who agreed to work on plantations in the South for a period of time to pay for passage to the "New World" would have been called:

• Indentured Servants

• Slaves

• Voluntary Colonists

• Burgesses

The first permanent English Settlement in the "New World" was at:

• St. Augustine

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Philadelphia

The exploration and colonization of the Americas had all of the following effects on the Native Americans EXCEPT:

• Indian death in violent conflicts

• Indian death by disease

• Many Indians being forced back to Europe to serve as slaves

• Indian loss of traditional territories

The growth of slavery in the Southern Colonies could MOSTLY be contributed to:

• the growth of an agricultural economy based on plantation farming

• The domination of African slave trade by the English

• The invention of the cotton mill

• The growth of indstry

The wealthy English nobles who received land grants in Virginia were known as

• Cavaliers

• Gentlemen

• Clergy

• Scots-Irish

Virginia and the other Southern Colonies were founded by people primarily:

• Seeking freedom from religious persecution

• Seeking economic opportunity

• Seeking some form of self-government

• Escaping from prisons in England