Colonial America

first permanent English settlement in North America

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• New France

• New York

The founders of Plymouth were

• seeking religious freedom

• looking for gold

• fur traders

• indentured servants

Which European country was the first to claim the land that would become Michigan?

• England

• Spain

• Netherlands

• France

How many colonies did the British have in North America?

• 10

• 11

• 12

• 13

Which one is not one of the 13 colonies?

• West Virginia

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• New Hampshire

economic system used by England when they established colonies in North America

• mercantilism

• socialism

• communism

• capitalism

What was the British government's main goal when in the early years of the colonies?

• collecting taxes

• making a profit from trade with the colonies

• creating representative assemblies

• protect political rights

The French and Indian War started because of conflicts between France and Great Britain over control of which region?

• Northern Canada

• New England

• The Southeast

• the Ohio River Valley

Pontiac's War resulted from tensions between

• British and American soldiers

• French and British fur traders

• Native American and American (British) settlers

• Colonial assemblies and royal governors

The Proclamation of 1763

• prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains

• made land west of the Appalachians free

• pleased the colonists

• started the French and Indian War