Unit 1 Review (British Colonies)

(a)   , founded in 1607, is the oldest English settlement in the USA.

• Charleston
• Jamestown
• Clemson
• Charlesfort

How did the Virginia Company make money?

• Selling furs
• Selling lumber
• Growing and selling tobacco
• Growing and selling grain

Lumber and shipbuilding was a successful enterprise in which colonial region?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Great Lakes

The House of Burgesses was:

• where church services were held.
• the first law making assembly in America.
• where the King of England lived.
• the first building built in Jamestown.

Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Great Lakes

Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Great Lakes

Why did slavery grow faster in the Southern colonies?

• European diseases killed many Native Americans

• The dependence on farming in the Southern Colonies

• The dependence of timber for shipbuilding

• The arrival of Native Americans to the coast

Which geographical region in colonial North America was best known for its cold climate and strong Puritan population?

• Middel Colonies

• Great Lakes Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

Which geographical region in colonial North America was best known for its focus on agriculture and society based on English aristocracy?

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Great Lakes Colonies

• New England Colonies

The first of the English to settle in America did so for

• religious freedom.

• economic reasons.

• political freedom.

• new land.