Af-Am Unit 4 Quiz

What was the first colony to be settled in North America?

• Jamestown

• Virginia

• Louisiana

• New Jersey

What was the primary goal of the Jamestown settlement?

• Transporting slaves

• Establishing relationships with Native Americans

• Earning a profit

• Growing tobacco

In 1620, how many Africans were living in Jamestown?

• 52

• 520

• 5,020

• 19

What did John Cabot discover and claim for Britain as a result of his voyage in 1497?

• West Indies

• East Coast

• Jamestown

• America

Settlers were incentivized to come to Virginia and the Chesapeake area with a system that promised 50 acres of land to anyone who could pay the fare to get there. What was this system called?

• Slave

• Chattel

• Headright

• Plantation

What was the primary motivator for the chattel slave system?

• Making a profit

• Loss of native laborers to disease

• Labor-intensive crops

• Race and class

What is another name for the Seven Years' War?

• World War I

• The French and Indian War

• The American Civil War

• The American Revolution

John Cabot discovered what we now know as the East Coast of the United States in 1497 and claimed it for Great Britain, but they did not colonize the area for more than 100 years. Why was there such a long gap?

• They were waiting to see if the Native Americans would leave the area.

• They were busy with dozens of other colonies.

• They were too poor.

• They didn't want to settle there until they could bring slaves.

What was it called when the British forbid Americans from settling west of the Appalachians?

• The Townshend Act

• The Proclamation Line

• Manumission

• The Headright System

What action is considered the beginning of the colonists' war for independence?

• Signing the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

• Organizing the Continental Congress

• Fighting against British troops at Lexington and Concord