English Colonies

First English colony in North America?

• New York City

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

First permanent English colony in North America?

• New York City

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

Which of the following were not problems that settlers at Jamestown faced?

• Fighting with Native Americans

• Diseases

• settlers who only wanted to look for gold

• thrown off course by a storm

How did John Smith help save the colony of Jamestown?

• Forced people to work on houses and crops in order to get food

• married Pocahontas

• sent people out to search for gold

• Returned to England for supplies

Which crop developed by John Rolfe made Jamestown successful?

• Rice

• Corn

• Beans

• Tobacco

First form of democratic government in an English colony was

• The Plymouth Legislature

• The Senate

• The Virginia House of Burgesses

• The Supreme Court

Why did the Pilgrims leave England and move to North America?

• They were farmers looking for land

• They wanted religious freedom

• They hated being English

• They wanted to get rich looking for gold

What is the name of the settlement made by the Pilgrims?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• New Netherland

How did the Pilgrims celebrate their first successful year in the New World?

• Build a huge church

• Wrote a new Bible

• Returned to England

• held the first Thanksgiving

What was the name of the democratic document created by the Pilgrims?

• Mayflower Compact

• The Virginia House of Burgesses

• The Supreme Law

• The Senate