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What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown

• To convert the natives to Christianity

• To establish a community with representative government

• to establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

• to find gold and riches

The colonists in Plymouth came from England looking for:

• religious freedom
• gold
• furs
• free land

Who settled Jamestown?

• The Pilgrims
• The Virginia Company
• The Quakers
• Catholics

How did the Virginia Company make money?

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

Farming was most successful in which colonies?

• New England and Middle
• Middle and Southern
• New England and Southern

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

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• Backcountry

Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?

• New England
• Southern
• Middle
• Backcountry

Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

• Trade centers
• Plantations
• Settlements
• industrial centers

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown