Colonial America

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

Was settled by people who had been in debtor's prison in England.

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

• Georgia

• Plymouth Colony

Was settled by the Quakers

• Jamestown

• Pennsylvania

• Roanoke Island

• Georgia

Was settled by Separatists who wanted to avoid religious persecution

• Plymouth Colony

• Georgia

• Roanoke Island

• Jamestown

Was settled by the Puritans

• Roanoke Island

• Plymouth Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts Bay

Known as the "Lost Colony" which was also an economic venture

• Pennsylvania

• Roanoke Island

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

When was Jamestown established?

• 1607

• 1585

• 1590

• 1620

Which colonial region is described by this: cash crops, small farms, plantations, slavery, organized into counties?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• New England

• Mid Western

The main reason the Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies were formed was for

• religious freedom

• money

• trade

The British government did not enforce certain laws that benefited them. This "unofficial" policy led to smuggling of goods. What is the name of the policy?

• Mercantilism

• Proclamation of 1763

• Salutary Neglect