Colonial American Life

English Colonists came to the New World to:

• Have religious freedom

• Get out of debt

• Make a lot of money

• All are correct

An indentured servant had to serve how many years to pay for passage to the New World?

• 10-12

• 5-9

• 4-7

• 15-20

Who perfected methods of developing tobacco to make it a valuable cash crop?

• John Smith

• John Rolfe

• William Penn

• John Winthrop

The 13 colonies in America were controlled by:

• Spain

• Portugal

• England

• France

An early example of self-government in the Southern colonies was:

• The Mayflower Compact

• The House of Burgesses

• Act of Toleration

• Bacon's Rebellion

Governor Berkeley of Virginia's policy of friendly relations with Native Americans in the 1600s resulted in:

• The Powhatan Wars

• The Pequod Wars

• The Glorious Revolution

• Bacon's Rebellion

This person founded Georgia:

• James Oglethorpe

• William Penn

• Lord De La Warr

• John Winthrop

Georgia was a colony for:

• Catholics

• Quakers

• Professionals

• Debtors