Exploration and Colonization Weekly Review 1 (VUS.2, 3)

What was the first permanent English colony in the New World?

• Roanoke Island

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

• St. Augustine

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VUS.2a

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Which colony was founded largely as a business venture?

• Massachusetts

• Georgia

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

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VUS.2a

What attracted the cavaliers to the New World?

• debt forgiveness

• free land

• political freedom

• religious freedom

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VUS.2a

1619 saw what TWO important developments in Virginia's history

• first tobacco crop

• first Africans forcibly brought to the colony

• establishment of the University of Virginia

• establishment of the House of Burgesses

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VUS.2a

VUS.2b

John Rolfe's crop of __________ is credited with saving the struggling Jamestown colony?

• wheat

• lettuce

• tobacco

• potatoes

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VUS.3a

Native Americans were most impacted by the introduction of European -----

• cookware

• weapons

• diseases

• trade disputes

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VUS.2a

Which European nation created a relationship based on cooperation with the Native Americans?

• French

• English

• Spanish

• Dutch

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VUS.2b

Slavery was the only form of forced labor in the colonial world.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Answer explanation

indentured servants were more common than slaves in the colonies until the 18th century. Folks essentially sold their freedom for 7 years of forced labor, in return they received voyage across the Atlantic and a chance at a new life.

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VUS.3c

Which section of the American Colonies most depended on slave labor?

• New England

• Middle

• South

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VUS.3c

What colony was settled by the passengers of the Mayflower?

• Massachusetts Bay

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Providence Plantations

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