Identify Major Colonies and Their Reasons for Coming to America

Name the "3 Gs" as to why people from England might have decided to leave their country to live in America.

• Gold, God, Glamour

• Gold, God, Glory

• Glory, God, Goods

• Glory, Goods, Greed

Why is Roanoke cnsidered the "lost colony"?

• John White could not find his way back to it.

• Everyone there went back to England.

• It lost a battle with Jamestown.

• All the settlers disappeared.

The first permanent English colony in America was named ________________.

• Plymouth

• Roanoke

• Junction City

• Jamestown

A settlement is a

• small, newly built community

• place ruled by another country

• group of people who travel together

• town whose residents agree to govern themselves

What delayed Captain John White's return to Roanoke?

• a war between England and Spain

• a trip to another settlement

• a need to raise money to repair ships

• a jail sentence for his actions in Virginia

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth came in search of

• natural riches such as gold.

• Independence from England.

• Good farmland and fishing.

• freedom to practice their religion.

What was the problem with the original site of Jamestown?

• It was high in the hills.

• It was too rocky to farm.

• It was built on a marsh with bad water.

• It was too near the Native Americans.

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• A plan of government drawn up by the settlers.

• An agreement with the ship's captain.

• A pledge of friendship with American Indians.

• A promise of support by the king.

The first settlers to arrive at Plymouth came in search of

• good farmland and fishing

• natural riches such as gold

• independence from England

• freedom to practice their religion

What was the Mayflower Compact?

• a pledge of friendship with American Indians

• a plan of government drawn up by the settlers

• an agreement with the ship's captain

• a promise of support by the king