Colonization (STAAR)

Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?

• Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders

• Plymouth's founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown's founders expected to discover gold

• Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires

• Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown was founded for commercial profit

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments

• It weakened the influence of religion in government

• It established a form of self-government based on a social contract

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

For what reason did a group of colonists agree to this compact?

• To declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• To demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

What is the significance of the Pilgrims' arrival in America?

• It led to an alliance between the British and the French

• It led to an early attempt at self-government in the English colonies

• It caused Puritans to separate from the Church of England

• It introduced the slave trade to the Atlantic colonies

Why is this sequence of events important?

• Colonists created a legislature with two houses

• Colonists declared independence from English rule

• Colonists defended the concept of unalienable rights

• Colonists establish a tradition of self-government

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the nest environment for tobacco farming. Where is the immigrant most likely to settle?

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

Which reasons correctly replace the numbers in this table?

• (1) To gain religious freedom

  (2) To provide military defense

• (1) To increase business profits

  (2) to escape religious persecution

• (1) To provide military defense

  (2) To help benefit the poor

• (1) To increase business profits

  (2) To provide a place for criminals

Which of the following names the group best known for settling this region and states their reason for settling ?

• Merchants: To trade with the region's American Indians

• Quakers: To establish a colony free of slavery

• Explorers: To map the region's rivers

• Puritans: To freely practice their religion

The colonies in this list were founded primarily to offer settlers a greater degree of --

• freedom from debts

• religious freedom

• economic freedom

• freedom of speech

Which effects correctly replace the numbers in this cause-and-effect diagram?

• (1) Used slave labor

  (2) Used Chinese laborers

• (1) Exported dried fish

  (2) Exported agricultural goods

• (1) Established plantations

  (2) Established textile factories

• (1) Imported lumber

  (2) Imported cattle