VUS 2-4 SOL PRactice

Which group settled New England?

• Puritans

• Cavaliers

• Dutch

• Germans

Early European exploration and colonization resulted in

• cooperation between European powers for trade with the colonies.

• redistribution of the world’s population.

• cooperation between France and England.

• England’s intent to transfer power to the colonies.

Most individuals settling in Virginia were

• relocated prisoners.

• nobility seeking adventure.

• seeking economic opportunities.

• Christian missionaries.

Which colony did the Virginia Company of London establish in 1607?

• Massachusetts

• Jamestown

• Richmond

• Maryland

The Virginia House of Burgesses was

• the first elected assembly in the New World.

• appointed by the King of England.

• an autocratic government.

• representative of all English colonies.

The primary pull factor for European colonization in North America was

• the discovery of gold and silver in the colonies.

• religious freedom and economic opportunities.

• creation of new monarchies and religions.

• civil wars and famine.

German-speaking immigrants settled primarily in the

• Eastern Colonies.

• New England region.

• Southern colonies.

• Middle Atlantic region.

Which statement BEST describes this American Indian view of interaction with English settlers?

• The settlers improved the land by clearing trees and planting crops.

• The American Indians were willing to share the land.

• The American Indians worried about food sources for the future.

• The settlers used land not needed by the Indians.

The economy of the New England colonies was partially based on

• mining and cotton.

• large livestock ranches.

• plantation agriculture.

• shipbuilding and fishing.

The economy of the middle colonies was based primarily on small-scale farming and

• trade.

• cash crops.

• mining.

• whaling.