Unit 1 - Weekly Quiz 2

The founding of Jamestown was funded through private investment in a joint-stock-company called...

• The Plymouth Company

• The South Sea Company

• The British East India Company

• The Virginia Company

What attracted the cavaliers to the New World?

• debt forgiveness

• free land

• political freedom

• religious freedom

Which colonies had the most religious freedom?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

• Spanish Colonies

What colony was settled by the passengers of the Mayflower?

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Providence Plantations

How did the Puritans practice direct democracy?

• House of Burgesses

• religious revivals

• communes

• town meetings

What was the first form of self-government in the British Colonies of North America?

• Mayflower Compact

• The House of Burgesses

• The French Constitution

• Town Hall Meetings

Why did tensions with the Powhatan intensify?

• There wasn't enough food for the colonists

• The 3 sisters method of farming didn't work

• The colony expanded westward

• The colony enslaved the natives

William Penn belonged to which protestant denomination?

• Baptists

• Diggers

• Quakers

• Millerites

Which region was known for producing large quantities of cash crops such as tobacco and cotton?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

• None of the above

Ship building and fishing were major economic activities in which region?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

• Canada