Colonial America Review

The Pilgrims arrived aboard the Mayflower.

• True

• False

What is holding people against their will and making them work without pay?

• indentured servant

• slavery

What region had a more diverse population with Catholics, Quakers, and Anglicans?

• New England

• Middle

What are the differences between the English colonies in Jamestown and Plymouth?

• Settlers established Jamestown to make money, while the Pilgrims founded Plymouth for religious reasons.
• The settlers of Jamestown came from Spain, while the settlers of Plymouth came from Ireland.
• Jamestown established an oligarchy, while Plymouth set up a monarchy
• In Jamestown, the people remained loyal to the king of England, while in Plymouth the people declared their independence from Great Britain.

Which group of colonial settlers willingly promised four to seven years of hard work in exchange for the opportunity to move to America?

• indentured servants
• enslaved Africans
• Puritan dissenters
• Dutch traders

Why did the Puritans establish the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• to avoid paying taxes on tea and other goods
• to form an independent nation free from control by the king
• to escape religious persecution and unrest in England and other parts of Europe
• to create a place where every person could worship as they wish

Which of the following was a Middle Colony?

•   Massachusetts Bay

• Delaware

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

Which of the following was not a New England Colony?

• Connecticut

• New York

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

The Mayflower Compact showed that the Pilgrims were

• ready to begin a new way of life without strangers.

• aware of the need to make their own government

• aware of how different they were from other colonists.

• willing to follow the same laws as Virginia.

How did William Penn attract so many people to his colony?

• He encouraged foreign investment in the colony.

   

•  He advertised the religious freedom offered in the colony

• He gave free land to new settlers

• He prohibited slavery in the colony