Unit 1 and 2 review.

What were the three main motivations for European exploration?

• Land, Labor, Liberty

• Gold, God, Glory

• Trade, Territory, Taxes

• Food, Faith, Fortune

  
  

Which colony was the first permanent English settlement in North America?

• Plymouth
  

• Jamestown

  
  

• Roanoke

  
  

• Philadelphia

  
  

The Mayflower Compact is important because it:

• Ended slavery in the colonies

• Created the first written constitution

  
  

• Began self-government by the colonists

  
  

• Created the House of Burgesses

  
  

What was the first representative assembly in North America?

• Mayflower Compact

  
  

• Continental Congress

  
  

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

  
  

• Virginia House of Burgesses

  
  

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are important because they were:

• The first written constitution in the colonies

• The first trade law

  
  

• The first law that banned slavery in the colonies

  
  

• A religious law
  

Which group mainly settled the New England colonies?

• Catholics from Spain

• Puritans from England

• French traders

  
  

• Dutch merchants

The economy of the New England colonies relied heavily on:

• Plantation agriculture

  
  

• Gold mining

  
  

• Cotton production

  
  

• Fishing, shipbuilding, and trade

  
  

Which region had a diverse population and good soil for wheat products?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England

• Western Territories

What was the primary economic system of the Southern Colonies?

• Shipping

• Lumber

• Plantations

• Mining

Which American colony's economy was based primarily on plantations and cashcrops?

• Virginia

• Connectitcut

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts