Colonial America Quiz

What was the name of the English settlement in Virginia founded in 1607?

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Salem

Who was the colonist and leader of Jamestown?

• William Penn

• John Smith

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Peter Stuyvesant

Which Powhatan Indian married Jamestown colonist John Rolfe?

• Sacagawea

• Pocahontas

• Squanto

• Anne Hutchinson

What term describes colonists who reached America by working for free for other people who had paid for their journeys?

• Indentured servants

• Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Immigrants

What was Bacon's Rebellion?

• A protest against the Church of England

• An uprising led by Nathaniel Bacon against high taxes

• A movement for religious freedom

• A trade agreement with Native Americans

What did the Toleration Act of 1649 accomplish?

• It limited the religious rights of Christians

• It abolished slavery

• It established the Mayflower Compact

• It created the English Bill of Rights

Who was Olaudah Equiano?

• A Quaker leader

• A former slave who wrote down his experiences

• A Native American chief

• A Puritan minister

What were slave codes?

• Laws to control slaves

• Agreements for fair trade

• Religious doctrines

• Navigation laws

Who were the Pilgrims?

• A group that cut all ties with the Church of England to escape persecution

• A Native American tribe

• A religious group that believed in equality

• A political party in England

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A legal contract for fair laws to protect the general good

• A trade agreement with Native Americans

• A religious doctrine

• A military alliance