US 1 Midterm 2023/24 POR

Which settlement did the English began in Virginia?  What year was it settled?

• Jamestown; 1607

• Georgetown; 1607

• Jamestown; 1707

• Charleston; 1701

What was the cash crop of Jamestown?

• Cotton

• Tobacco

• Timber

The Pilgrims left England in search of_______

• a chance to own land and farm

• place to practice their religious freely

What is an indentured servant?

• a slave who has gained their freedom

• a person who came to the colonies under a contract to work without pay for a certain time then freed.

• people who came to America for Religious freedom

• a plant used to make dye.

Nickname for the middle colonies.

• Cotton Kingdom

• Wheat Wonderland

• Lumber Location

• Breadbasket Colonies

The Georgia colony was settled

• to find gold and silver

• as a place to practice religion freely

• for people in debt or jail to get a new chance

• an area for fur trade

What colony began as a Dutch colony and was taken by the British in 1664?

• New Jersey

• Delaware

• New York

Colonial region where tobacco, rice, cotton, indigo often grown on plantations

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Colonial region where shipping, lumber, fishing, shipbuilding were the main industries.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Colonial region where farming crops such as vegetables, wheats & grains were the main source of money.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern