Independence (Updated)

What was the first permanent English settlement in America?

• Plymouth

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

In English society, what did the king control?

• Anglican Church and Congress

• Slavery and Parliament

• Pilgrim Church and Parliament

• Anglican Church and Parliament

What was the FIRST and LAST name of the person who started the colony of Pennsylvania?

• Benjamin Penn

• Hannah Penn

• George Penn

• William Penn

Pennsylvania was started so people could live according to their . . .

• education / skills

• beliefs / religion

• wealth / power

• occupation / jobs

Within Triangular Trade, what commodity (item) was exported from Africa?

• cotton

• slaves

• oil

• timber

Besides North America and Africa, what other continent was part of Triangular Trade?

• Asia

• Antarctica

• Australia

• Europe

The information on the map suggests that early colonies . . .

• encountered difficulties with Native Americans

• built their settlements near bodies of water

• were unable to achieve political unity

• located towns an dvillages within a few miles of each other

The Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses were important to the development of democracy in colonial America because they . . .

• granted voting rights to all white males (not females)

• protected private ownership of property (and land)

• promoted self-government (and representative government)

• expanded freedom of religion (and worship)

The British benefited from their economic relationship with the American colonies primarily by . . .

• taking large amounts of gold and silver from the southern colonies

• prohibiting colonists from fishing and fur trading

• supporting the growth of colonial industries to increase colonial independence

• buying raw materials from the colonies and selling them finished products

The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies fo Massachusetts and Pennsylvania was to . . .

• profit from the fur trade

• seek religious freedom

• obtain better jobs

• purchase inexpensive (cheap) farmland