Unit 2 - Colonial America - Life in a New Land

Which of the following statements about Jamestown is incorrect?

• It was England's second successful colony (after Roanoke) in America

• It was sponsored by the Virginia Company, who was hoping to find gold

• The settlement experienced a "starving time" because settlers were unprepared for life in North America

• The settlement was saved by the discovery that tobacco grew well in the area

Match the following

• first permanent English colony in North America

• New Netherlands

• Began as a place of refuge for Pilgrims who used the Mayflower Compact to govern themselves

• Plymouth Colony

• Founded by the Dutch, who were originally looking for trade routes to Asia

• Jamestown

• Founded as a buffer colony and a place where English debtors could settle

• Georgia

Match the following

• Home to the Quakers, who also had amicable relations with Native Americans

• Rhode Island

• Settled by Puritans and was the center of the "Salem Witch Trials"

• Massachusetts

• Founded by Roger Williams as a haven for religious minorities

• Pennsylvania

What development allowed the Jamestown colony to prosper?

• Settlers began to mine gold in the area.

• Limits were placed on the number of new families.

• Colonists began to grow tobacco as a cash crop.

• Settlers started to manufacture cloth for sale.

Why is the Mayflower Compact considered an important document in American history?

• It was a charter for the establishment of South Carolina

• It set up a plan to overthrow the British government.

• It established the idea of self-government in America

• It encouraged religious tolerance in the colonies.

What was the primary reason the Pilgrims and Puritans came to the New World?

• economic opportunity

• religious freedom

• missionary work

• to purchase land

Match the following descriptions of economies to the correct regions

• Industry, Fishing, Shipbuilding, and Trade

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies (Middle)

• Large plantations, slave labor, cash crops

• New England colonies

• Industry, trade, fishing, raising livestock, Farming, mining

• Southern Colonies

Use the source to answer the question.

Why did the industry pictured become vital to the New England Colonial economy [Choose 2]

• New England colonies exported their agricultural goods overseas

• Timber and lumber was readily available in New England colonies

• Lack of rich soil in New England resulted in a focus on industry

• The Trans-Atlantic slave trade supported New England industry

Where would a religious dissenter be least tolerated in the 18th century?

• Rhode Island

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay

Read the passage and answer the question.

Which two colonies fit in the blanks

• Connecticut and Rhode Island

• Rhode Island and New Jersey

• New Jersey and New York

• New York and Virginia