WARD US History Chapter 1 Review [vus.2,vus.3]

What was the first permanent English colony in the New World?

• Roanoke Island

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

• New Zealandd

Which colony was founded largely as a business venture?

• Massachusetts

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

What attracted the cavaliers to the New World?

• debt forgiveness

• free land

• political freedom

• religious freedom

Which Jamestown leader instituted the "no work, no eat" policy?

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Lord De la Warr

Answer explanation

1619 saw what TWO important developments in Virginia's history

• first tobacco crop

• first Africans forcibly brought to the colony

• establishment of the University of Virginia

• establishment of the House of Burgesses

John Rolfe's crop of __________ is credited with saving the struggling Jamestown colony?

• wheat

• lettuce

• tobacco

• potatoes

Native Americans were most impacted by the introduction of European -----

• cookware

• weapons

• diseases

• trade disputes

Which European nation created a relationship based on cooperation with the Native Americans?

• French

• English

• Spanish

• Dutch

In what year were the first Africans brought against their will to Virginia?

• 1607

• 1609

• 1617

• 1619

Slavery was the only form of forced labor in the colonial worldd

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

indentured servants were more common than slaves in the colonies until the 18th century. Folks essentially sold their freedom for 7 years of forced labor, in return they received voyage across the Atlantic and a chance at a new life.