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WorksheetsSettlements Take Root
Total questions: 22
Worksheet time: 11mins
A grant from the Spanish government giving settlers the right to control local Native Americans
mission
encomienda
gold
economy
Spanish settlements spread in North America because Spanish missionaries set up villages, called missions.
True
False
The location of the Saint Augustine settlement was important to the Spaniards because
it was the nearest point in North America to Spain
it became a major center of commerce with the French and English
it served as a base for expanding Spanish settlements
Soldiers at the St. Augustine fort protected Spanish ships from pirates
What is the best reason why England wanted to start a colony in North America?
England wanted a North American colony to compete with Spain.
The English wanted to bring Native Americans back to England to work.
English explorers has discovered large amounts of gold in what is now Virginia.
The English rulers wanted to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
The Wampanoag people helped the Pilgrims because the Pilgrims protected them from their Native American foes.
True
False
Life in the New Netherland was based on
fishing
farming
shipbuilding
commerce
Pilgrims and Puritans came to North America
to search for gold and silver
because they did not want to join the Church of England
to find food
because they wanted to be the first to find new land
A person who goes on a religious journey is a representative.
True
False
The Spaniards passed European diseases to the Native Americans.
True
False
Spanish missions in New Spain were located
on the Pacific Ocean
the southern regions of New Spain
on the islands of New Spain
the northern regions of New Spain
A key factor in the survival and progress of the English colony of Jamestown was
King James l sent a large English army to Jamestown to subdue the Spanish forces that had been attacking the English colonists.
The Virginia Company finally began to earn profits when John Rolfe started to grow a new type of tobacco in Jamestown.
Enslaved Africans taught the settlers how to grow rice. Rice became an important cash crop in Jamestown.
In 1610, King James l sent hundreds of English families to the colony.
In the Mayflower Compact, the pilgrims promised to
allow their members not to take part in the church if they did not want to
conquer the Native Americans
work together to make "just and equal laws"
defeat the Spanish army that had built a fort in New England
The best way to summarize the English, French and Dutch North American Colonies was
All three groups tried to enslave the Native Americans.
Each group had different reasons for starting colonies in North America, but economic motives were important for all three groups.
The English and Dutch colonies were successful, but the French colonies failed after only a few years.
Over time, the French conquered all of the English and Dutch colonies in North America.
A drought is a short period without rain.
True
false
People chosen by voters to speak and act for them
Pilgrims
representatives
Spaniards
missionaries
The Northwest Passage is a shortcut by water across North America to Asia
True
False
The English colonists on Roanoke Island and the local Native Americans were probably in conflict due to a shortage of food.
True
False
Jamestown colony was
built high on a coastal mountain range
located on the Pacific coast
built in a tropical climate
built in an area almost surrounded by water
The Pilgrims cooperated with the Native Americans, and both groups benefited. The Puritans tried to force Christianity on the Native Americans which led to conflict between the two groups.
True
False
Which of the following BEST describes the role of religion in the lives of Pilgrims and Puritans?
Religion was very important to the Pilgrims, but the Puritans were not interested in religion.
Religion was very important to both groups and religious activities were a central part of their lives.
Neither group practiced an organized religion.
Both groups practiced forms of Christianity when they arrived in New England, but both adopted Native American religious practices.
The 3 factors that were important in the survival and growth of the Jamestown colony were tobacco, several years of peace with the Native Americans and the creation of the House of Burgesses.
True
False
Europeans believed that no one owned land while the Native Americans believed that land was private property.
True
False
