Module 3: The English Colonies

What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in America?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Williamsburg

• Yorktown

Those who settled Jamestown faced many challenges (i.e. didn't properly prepare for their journey, lacked skills necessary for their survival, chose poor location to establish their settlement, etc...). Which of the following men took it upon himself to lead the settlement, and ultimately was credited with saving Jamestown?

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• John Locke

• John Lennon

Jamestown was an economic venture; those who settled Jamestown hoped to acquire wealth. What crop was introduced in Jamestown that made this venture profitable?

• Indigo

• Rice

• Cotton

• Tobacco

Who introduced a new kind of tobacco that would be grown in Virginia (it made Jamestown profitable)?

• John Rolfe

• John Smith

• John McClane

• Johnny B. Goode

The __________ system rewarded individuals who could pay their own way to America; those individuals would receive 50 acres of land. This system helped import much needed laborers to the colony of Virginia.

• indentured servitude

• Toleration Act

• economic

• headright

Individuals who wanted to come to the New World, but couldn't afford to pay their own way, often signed work contracts in return for payment of their transportation to America. What do we call those who sign these contracts?

• slaves

• indentured servants

• contractors

• laborers

This colony, chartered by King Charles I in 1632, was to be a safe haven for Catholics; it was named after Queen Henrietta Maria.

• Maryland

• North Carolina

• South Carolina

• Georgia

TRUE or FALSE

The Toleration Act of 1649 made it a crime to restrict the religious rights of Christians.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Georgia was founded by __________; he desired to populate this colony with small farmers as opposed to large plantations. This colony was to be populated by individuals who had been serving time in a debtor's prison in England, and it would serve as a buffer between the other Southern colonies and Spanish Florida.

• William Bradford

• William Penn

• Joe Davola

• James Oglethorpe

The demand for workers was greater than the supply of people willing to come work as indentured servants in America; therefore, colonists began to turn to African slave labor. What type of crops were driving the need for slave labor?

hint: these crops were grown for sale to return a profit

• staple crops

• cash crops