WorksheetsEarly Colonies
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What became Jamestown's "gold"?
a)
gold
b)
tobaccco
c)
water
d)
tomatoes
2.
What product was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?
a)
Cotton
b)
Tobbaco
c)
Indigo
d)
Gold
3.
Which of these BEST explains the reason for African slaves being brought into the British colonies in Southern North America in the 17th century?
a)
The economy of Southern colonies needed non-wage labor.
b)
Northern colonial governments considered slavery immoral.
c)
Southern colonies refused to use Indians as forced labor.
d)
Industrial factories in the north did not need slave labor.
4.
Which number on this map marks the area of colonial North America controlled by Great Britain around the year 1700?
a)
1
b)
2
c)
3
d)
4
5.
Where was Jamestown located (today)?
a)
Missouri
b)
Mississippi
c)
Virginia
d)
North Carolina
6.
The people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedom
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________
a)
Native Americans and slaves
b)
women and children
c)
slaves and indentured servants
d)
Frenchmen and Mexicans
8.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
9.
The first permanent English settlement in North America was
a)
Werowocomoco
b)
Yorktown
c)
Richmond
d)
Jamestown
10.
In what year was Jamestown settled?
a)
1492
b)
1607
c)
1608
d)
2081
11.
How was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Napoleonic Code
d)
Geneva Conventions
12.
When was Mayflower Compact written?
a)
1410
b)
1492
c)
1655
d)
1620
13.
1st representative governing body in the American colonies.
a)
English Bill of Rights
b)
Articles of Confederation
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Congress
14.
Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years:
a)
slaves
b)
migrant workers
c)
employees
d)
indentured servants
15.
True or False: Virginia settlers to Jamestown came fully prepared
a)
true
b)
false
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