Colonial America Quiz

What was the main reason for the founding of Jamestown?

• Colonists sought to convert Native Americans to Christianity.

• Investors in the colony hoped to become wealthy.

• England needed a place to ship criminals and prisoners of war.

• Settlers wanted to practice their religion free from persecution.

What did the Mayflower Compact accomplish?

• It set up an organized, orderly government for Plymouth Colony.

• It guaranteed freedom of religion for all members of Plymouth Colony.

• It established Plymouth Colony as a theocracy.

• It declared that Plymouth Colony was independent from England.

The settlers at Plymouth Colony would probably not have survived their first winter without help from

• supplies sent overseas from England.

• Native Americans who lived nearby.

• supplies provided by colonists from Jamestown.

• their superior hunting and farming skills.

What is one way the Middle Colonies differed from New England?

• The Middle Colonies were not under the authority of the English monarch.

• The Middle Colonies did not develop into important centers of trade.

• The Middle Colonies welcomed people from many different backgrounds.

• The Middle Colonies were under constant attack from Native Americans.

In which colony would subsistence farming most likely occur?

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

• South Carolina

In the 1730s and 1740s, the Great Awakening inspired religious freedom and, in turn,

• awareness regarding the immorality of slavery.

• ideas about self-government.

• a movement to establish free public schools.

• a growing loyalty to the English monarch.

Which of the following was an important part of New England’s economy, given the region’s geography?

• mining for gold

• fishing

• growing rice

• raising livestock

Select ALL that apply. Which of the following English colonies were founded in the name of religious freedom?

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

• Connecticut

• Rhode Island

What was the significance of the Magna Carta on colonial governments?

• It granted partial independence to royal colonies.

• It affirmed that individual citizens had personal rights.

• It encouraged women and minorities to participate in local town meetings.

• It emphasized the authority of the English monarchs.

The passage gives one advantage Oglethorpe claimed his colony would have. Oglethorpe based this claim on the fact that his colony would be a refuge for

• debtors.

• convicts.

• religious dissidents.

• orphans.