Jamestown and Plymouth

The first permanent English settlement in North America was?

• Plymouth
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown

What were some of the reasons England wanted to start colonies in North America?

• to gain wealth through land

• to stop slavery

• to gain indentured servants

• to gain independence

The most profitable agricultural product in the Virginia colony was

• lumber
• peanuts
• corn
• tobacco

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Why was Plymouth established?

• To provide a tax-free colony.

• To provide a place where Quakers could worship freely.

• To provide a place where Catholics could worship freely.

• To provide a place where Puritans could worship freely.

In what year did the Pilgrims settle in Plymouth?

• 1621
• 1616
• 1602
• 1620

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How were the Jamestown and Plymouth colonies the same?

• Both went into various wars.

• Both were in present day Virginia

• Both were settled by English colonists

• Both disappeared mysteriously

A formal document written in 1620 that provided the first form of self-government in Plymouth.

• Mayflower Compact

• Representative Government

• House of Burgesses

• Jamestown

A formal document written in 1607 that provided the first form of representative government in Jamestown.

• Mayflower Compact

• Representative Government

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta