Which colony was founded by Puritans?

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

The Virginia Company of London originally founded Jamestown in search of what?

• Farmland

• Tobacco

• Lumber

• Gold

Which colony had a strong community of Quakers? 

• Massachusetts

• New York

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

Which of the following groups would have had the right to vote and participate in government in Jamestown?

• indentured servants
• enslaved African people
• landowning women
• white landowning men

What is the key difference between indentured servitude and slavery?

• one is forced to labor the other willingly signs a contract for a set amount of time
• there is no difference
• slaves get paid for their labor, indentured servants do not get paid
• Masters of indentured servants never have to release them from their service

The wealth and resources of a country or nation is also known as their . . .

• Natural resources

• Mercantilism

• Representative Democracy

• Economy

Which colonial region has short growing seasons, rocky soil, and an economy based on fishing, whaling, and exports?

• New France

• Southern Colonies

• New England

• Middle Colonies

Roger Williams was a Puritan dissenter that founded which colony after being exiled?

• Connecticut
• Delaware
• Massachusetts
• Rhode Island

Which of the following was a valuable cash crop in Jamestown?

• Sugar
• Cotton
• Tobacco
• Rice

Which colonial region profited economically by cash cropping rice, indigo, and tobacco on plantations?

• New England

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New Spain