13 Colonies Quiz

What is the purpose of founding joint-stock companies?

___________________ is the first English settlement in America.

Jamestown started to profit after John Rolfe introduced which of the following?

• rice

• tabacco

• wheat

• cotton

Under the headright system, colonists who paid their own way to Virginia earned ___________ acres of land.

Indentured servants signed contracts to work for how many years?

• 2-6

• 3-5

• 2-4

• 4-7

Why did Nathaniel Bacon start a rebellion?

• upset about taxes imposed by government

• upset about limitations on land grants

• upset about government policies regarding Natives

• upset about government policies regarding trade

What did the Toleration Act of 1649 do?

What was the Mayflower Compact?

_______________ served as centre of religious life, health care, and community well-being in the Pilgrim society.

Which were the follow was not a right that women in the colonies had?

• take certain cases to court

• own property of dead spouse

• vote

• make contracts