LMS District Assessment Review

What was the main purpose of Jamestown Colony?

• Farming

• Land ownership

• Wealth

• Freedom of Religion

What was the main reason for the Plymouth Colony?

• Farming

• Wealth

• Unlimited resources

• Religious Freedom

Which statement best explains the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It limited the power of future colonial governments

• It weakened the influence of religion in government

• It established a form of self-government based on social contract

• It guaranteed liberties for colonists through local government

Created in 1619, the first representative assembly in the American colonies.

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• charter

What were the negative consequences of the Columbian Exchange?

• new foods and resources

• Native Americans died, diseases spread, slavery began

• the Old World brought lots of animals

• none - it was all good

The Transatlantic slave trade contributed to all of the following EXCEPT . . .

• the success of England's mercantilist policies towards its colonies

• the expansion of slavery in the 13 English colonies

• an increase in the need for a Native American labor force

• colonial dependence on English manufactured goods

Tobacco, indigo and rice were grown on large plantations in what region of the colonies?

• New England Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Spanish Colonies

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts Bay

• England

• Jamestown

Which of the following was a primary reason France sought to colonize North America?

• To create communities founded on religious tolerance
• to reduce overpopulation in Europe
• to profit from trading furs and other goods
• to create joint ventures with other European powers

Which geographic conditions discouraged the development of a plantation economy in the New England Colonies?

• a wide coastal plain and an absence of good harbors
• rocky, hilly soil and a short growing season 
• numerous rivers and a humid climate
• flatland's and a lack of forests