Colonial America Quiz

Which reason most led to the establishment of the Southern Colonies?

• Colonists were looking for new economic opportunities.

• Colonists sought to escape religious persecution.

• Colonists wanted to establish a utopian society.

• Colonists aimed to expand their political power.

Which group of colonists wanted to eliminate Catholic traditions from the Church of England?

• a) Anglicans

• b) Puritans

• c) Quakers

• d) Methodists

What term describes the three-step trading system between the Americas, Europe, and Africa?

• Triangular Trade

• Bilateral Trade

• Global Trade

• Regional Trade

Which set of English laws heavily supported the economic policy of mercantilism?

• The Navigation Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Townshend Acts

In which colony were relations with Native Americans the BEST, evidenced by heavy trade, little warfare, and the English colonists compensating the natives for their land?

• a) Virginia

• b) Massachusetts

• c) Pennsylvania

• d) New York

Which event ended Native resistance in the New England Colonies and allowed more English settlement?

• a) The Pequot War

• b) King Philip’s War

• c) The French and Indian War

• d) The Salem Witch Trials

What term describes low-class Englishmen who received passage to the colonies in exchange for years of labor?

• Indentured Servitude

• Serfdom

• Peonage

• Bonded Labor

What was the first permanent English colony in North America?

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

• Charleston

Which colony was established as a defensive buffer between Spaniards in Florida and the valuable South Carolina plantations?

• a) Virginia

• b) Georgia

• c) North Carolina

• d) Maryland

How did mercantilists believe that colonies brought wealth to England?

• a) The colonies shipped raw materials (natural resources) to England.

• b) The colonies provided a market for English manufactured goods.

• c) The colonies were a source of cheap labor for English industries.

• d) The colonies generated taxes that were sent back to England.