UNIT 2 TEST: THE AMERICAN COLONIES

Which of the following was NOT a "cash crop" of the Southern Colonies?

• cotton

• lumber

• indigo

• tobacco

Bacon's Rebellion exemplified

• the growing power of former indentured servants

• the colonial resentment over the Stamp Act

• England's anger over the Puritan control of Massachusetts

• the ability of African slaves to rise up and rebel

New England was settled by ______________.

• German-speaking immigrants seeking economic opportunity

• Puritans seeking economic opportunity

• Dutch seeking freedom from religious persecution in Europe

• Puritans seeking freedom from religious persecution in Europe

When were the first Africans brought against their will to Jamestown?

• 1719

• 1776

• 1319

• 1619

The Virginia Company of London…

• maintained colonial allegiance to England

• preserved Puritan faith in the New World

• ensured safe passage to and from the New World

• created a profitable settlement in Jamestown

What crop became an important source of income for the settlers at Jamestown?

• Corn

• Tobacco

• Potatoes

• Wheat

What was the name given to the first representative government of the Jamestown colony?

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Lords

• Parliament

The House of Burgesses was the first-

• Home built by the English at Jamestown, belonging to the wealthy Burgess Family

• English courthouse in the Colonies

• Market built in the Colonies

• Colonial representative government in the 13 colonies.

 Which group was most responsible for the decline in indentured servants?

• Cavaliers

• Slaves

• Puritans

• Patriots

This colonial region had a flexible social structure:

• New England

• Middle

• Southern