Colonial America

Early Europeans explored the Americas to find...(choose two)

• New land

• New religions

• Gold

• New medicines

The first permanent and lasting English settlement in the Americas was:

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Rhode Island

What famous leader took charge of Jamestown?

• John Rolfe

• John White

• John Smith

• Virginia Dare

Why did Pilgrims migrate to the Americas?

• To explore new land for the king

• Religious freedom

• To find gold

• To try to convert Native Americans

Someone who agrees to work for a designated amount of time without pay in exchange for passage to America is:

• A Puritan

• An indentured servant

• A slave

• A head-right

Harsh winters; rocky soil.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Mild climate; bread basket of America.

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

Warm climate and very fertile soil.

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

a document granting the recipient the right to settle a colony

• constitution

• burgess

• charter

• estate

a 50 acre grant of land given to colonial settlers who paid their own way

• headright

• burgess

• debtor

• patroon