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What year did the first permanent settlement at Jamestown occur?

• 1600
  

• 1607

• 1619

• 1700

By the outbreak of the American Revolution, what was the estimated population of England's colonies in North America?

• 250,000

• 500,000

• 1 million

• 2.5 million

What practice did colonists first adopt to address the need for a substantial workforce for large crops?

• Chattel slavery

• Indentured servitude

• Sharecropping

• Wage labor

What was the primary reason plantation owners preferred African slaves over indentured servants?

• Cost

• Cultural differences

• Renewable source of labor

• Legal status

What was the term used for the brutal journey slaves endured from West Africa to the Americas?

• The Great Migration

• The Middle Passage

• The Atlantic Crossing

• The Slave Route

What percentage of Africans is estimated to have died during the Middle Passage?

• 5%

• 10%

• 20%

• 25%

How many Africans were forcibly brought to the English colonies during the colonial period?

• 100,000

• 250,000

• 500,000

• 1 million

Which group of people developed a unique culture that incorporated African linguistic and cultural heritages in the regions of Georgia and South Carolina?

• The Creole

• The Gullah

• The Cajun

• The Acadian

What was the British policy of "salutary neglect"?

• Strict control over colonial affairs

• Moderate enforcement of trade regulations

• Abolition of slaver

• Encouragement of rebellion

Which legislative body was established shortly after Jamestown's founding?

• The Continental Congress

• The House of Burgesses

• The Senate

• The House of Commons