Colonies Review

What was the first legislature made up of elected representatives in Jamestown called?

• Virginia Company

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Senate

What was the first PERMANENT British settlement in the New World

• Massachusetts Bay

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

Who is the founder of Pennsylvania?

• William Penn

• William Pitt

• Christopher Columbus

• John Smith

What group founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Native Americans

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Spanish

Which region depended on cash crops through slave labor for their economy?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Mid-Atlantic

Which region depended on fur trading, whaling, shipbuilding, and fishing for their economy?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• Middle

• New England

Which region depended on fur trading, whaling, shipbuilding, and fishing for their economy?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• Middle

• New England

People who could not afford to come to America agreed to work without pay for a certain number of years is called...

• Indentured Servants

• Slaves

• Settlers

• Debtors

The Pilgrims established the _______________________ in 1620.

• Plymouth Colony

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Rhode Island Colony

• Pennsylvania Colony

Why did the Pilgrims AND Puritans leave England?

• To find gold in the Americas

• To escape religious persecution; to gain religious freedom

• To escape the Inquisition

• To escape the tyranny of King George II