Colonial America Review

What is a colony?

• Land owned and controlled by another country.

• A society that makes laws.

• A group working to solve a problem.

• Land surrounded by water on three sides.

Why did England create colonies in America?

• To generate wealth through cash crops and resources

• To fight with the Spanish

• For religious freedom

• To search for a city of gold

Where was the first permanent English colony in America located?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Boston

What's a cash crop?

• A crop people grow to eat.

• A crop that can be sold for a lot of money

• A crop used in the production of paper.

• A crop easily found in the Americas

What cash crop made Jamestown, Virginia successful?

• Indigo

• Sugar Cane

• Rice

• Tobacco

What was the Columbian Exchange?

• An exchange of ships between Columbus and indigenous peoples

• An exchange of foods, ideas, diseases, and people between the Old World and New World

• An exchange of crops between the Pilgrims and the natives

• An exchange of ideas between Columbus and England

What was the middle passage?

• The months long journey that brought captured peoples from Africa to the Americas to be sold as slaves.

• The part of the journey to the New World where most ships ran out of supplies

• The middle of Earth

• The exchange of ideas between natives and colonists

How was an indentured servitude different from slavery?

• Indentured servants could get gain freedom after several years; while slaves could not.

• Slaves could get gain freedom after several years; while indentured servants could not.

• There was no difference between them.

Why did England begin to import enslaved Africans to Jamestown?

• They needed labor to harvest tobacco and other cash crops.

• They couldn't enslave natives due to disease and their ability to escape.

• They were forced to bring slaves into America by the king.

Which colonies made up the New England colonies?

• Maryland, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia

• Pennsylvania, New Jersey, New York, Delaware

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire

• California, Missouri, Idaho, Texas