1B Quizizz English Colonies

What was the first successful permanent English settlement in the Americas (present day Virginia) in 1607?

• Roanoke

• Maine

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown

The first labor force used in the English colonies; poor individuals who agreed to work contractually for 4-7 years in exchange for passage to the new world.

• Slaves

• Encomiendas

• Indentured Servants

• Planters

Tobacco, cotton, sugar, rice, and indigo are examples of Cash Crops, which are defined as...?

• Growing just enough food crops to survive

• Agricultural products grown primarily for profit

• Agricultural products that are so expensive to grow they don't make a profit

• Crops grown only during the "cash" season of late spring

The following information best describes what region of English colonies: Founded primarily by religious dissenters seeking to escape religious persecution in England which heavlily influenced their region; mostly subsistence farmers and ship builders.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

Group of English Protestants who sought to "purify" the Church of England from what they percieved as Ctholic practices. Led very strict, disciplined, and morally upright lives.

• Catholics

• Calvinists

• Puritans

• Lutherans

Puritan minister that was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony for advocating for religious freedom; Went on to found Rhode Island where religious freedom was enforced.

• William Penn

• Captain John Smith

• Roger Williams

• James Edward Oglethorpe

The following information best describes what region of English colonies: Diverse population, fertile land, more moderate climate; known for vibrant trade, commerce, and tolerance.

• New Endland Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

English Quaker who played a crucial role in the founding of a Quaker colony that promoted religious freedom, had a representative self-government, and tried to establish peaceful relations with Native Americans.

• William Penn

• Roger Williams

• James Edward Oglethorpe

• Captain John Smith

The following information best describes what region of English colonies: Warm climate, fertile soil, and a reliance on agriculture, specifically cash crops. Plantation economy that relied on slave labor, and formed a rigid social hierarchy.

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• Western Colonies

Economic theory to have exports outweigh imports in order to increase a nation's wealth and power through trade. Colonies provided raw materials and a marketplace for industrial goods.

• Monetarism

• Laissez-Faire

• Keynesian Economics

• Mercantilism