New England Middle and Southern Colonies

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• New York

• Jamestown

• Johnstown

• Roanoke

Why did so many settlers die at Jamestown?

• Disease

• Hostile relations with natives

• Mismanaged time

• All of the above

A protest against the Catholic church and their policies was called the

• Protestant Reformation

• Alliance

• Mercantilism

• Colonial religious persecution movement

When two countries join together to make a stronger team this is called an

• mercantilism

• alliance

• protestant reformation

• colony

The first English settlers at Jamestown hope to

• grow rich by finding gold

• take control of large amounts of territory

• establish a religious community

• become wealthy tobacco planters

For the sake of law and order, the Pilgrims wrote the __________ which established laws that were agreed upon by settlers.

• Declaration of Independence

• Treaty of Paris

• Mayflower Compact

Compared to other regions in North America, the soil in New England was

• easier to plow and harvest

• rockier and less fertile

• more likely to blow away

• able to support a variety of crops

Which of these jobs would have been the most popular in New England at the time it was colonized?

• Farming

• Fishing

• Wheel maker

• Candle maker

What would be the best reason for a citizen of Massachusetts at the time of colonization to flee to Rhode Island? (Example: Roger Williams)

• Receive religious freedom

• become a witch

• fight the natives

• to become a farmer

Puritans in Massachusetts and Anglicans in England were similar because they

• searched for wealth

• spread democracy to the colonies

• favored an official state religion where everyone had to follow the Puritan faith