Colonial America

What did groups of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America?

• Compacts

• Charters

• Pledges

• Stocks

Pacifists are people who

• refuse to fight in wars.

• sail in the Pacific Ocean.

• serve in government office.

• explore new territories.

The Massachusetts Bay Company was granted a charter to establish a colony north of

• Boston.

• Mayflower.

• Plymouth.

• Rhode Island.

The word "Pennsylvania" means "Penn's experiment."

• True

• False

The Jamestown settlers made a profit for their investors by raising

• cotton.

• maize.

• tobacco.

• wheat.

Protestants who left the Anglican Church and established their own churches were called

• Anglicans.

• New Anglicans.

• Puritans.

• Separatists.

By 1750, Dutch colonies stretched for hundreds of miles along the Atlantic coast.

• True

• False

Which was the last of the thirteen colonies to be settled?

• Georgia (1735)

• Massachusetts (1630)

• Pennsylvania (1682)

• Virginia (1607)

Landowners who received large grants of land by the Dutch West India Company were called?

• Patroons

• The Giver

• Pacifists

• Debtors

Why were the New York and Virginia colonies founded?

• for religious freedom

• to expand trade

• to profit from fishing

• to profit from selling land