2.2 & 2.3 Chesapeake and New England

What is the definition of inflation?

• A decrease in prices and rise in the purchasing value of money

• A general increase in prices and fall in the purchasing value of money

• A stable economy with no change in prices

• A sudden increase in prices due to high demand

What was the Enclosure Movement in England during the eighteenth century?

• The process of dividing large farms into smaller landholdings

• The process of consolidating small landholdings into larger farms

• The process of granting land to indentured servants

• The process of establishing joint-stock companies

Who were indentured servants in North America?

• Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay

• Native Americans who worked on plantations for wages

• European immigrants who worked as skilled laborers

• African slaves who were owned by plantation owners

What was the Jamestown, Virginia settlement founded for?

• Religious freedom

• Political independence

• Economic reasons

• Social experimentation

Who was Pocahontas and what role did she play in English-Native relations?

• She was a Native American chief who helped the English settlement at Jamestown

• She was the daughter of Chief Powhatan and married an Englishman, John Rolfe

• She was an English settler who married a Native American chief

• She was a religious leader who promoted peace between English settlers and Native Americans

Who were the Puritans?

• A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England

• A group of Native Americans who settled in Massachusetts Bay

• A group of Dutch settlers who collaborated with the British

• A group of Spanish explorers who defeated the Armada

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It was the first agreement for self-government in America

• It established the Church of England in Massachusetts Bay

• It was a treaty between the Puritans and the Wampanoag tribe

• It was a trade agreement between England and the colonies

Who was the leader of the Wampanoag tribe at the time of the Pilgrim arrival?

• Chief Massasoit

• Captain Miles Standish

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

Who acted as translators between the Puritans and the Wampanoag tribe?

• Samoset and Squanto

• William Bradford and John Winthrop

• Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams

• Oliver Cromwell and King James II

What was the outcome of the Salem Witch Trials?

• An outbreak of witchcraft accusations in a Puritan village

• The overthrow of King James II of England

• The establishment of the Dominion of New England

• The formation of Rhode Island by Roger Williams