WorksheetsEarly Settlement in North America
Total questions: 69
Worksheet time: 55mins
Who famously declared, "He that will not work shall not eat"?
William Bradford
John Rolfe
Captain John Smith
Thomas Gates
What was a significant role of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
It served as a model for democratic governance.
It created the first colonial navy.
It dictated the clothing styles of the settlers.
It decided who could trade with the Native Americans.
What did Captain John White discover upon his return to the Roanoke colony?
the settlers had integrated with a nearby tribe
the settlers had sailed back to England
the settlers left a message indicating their new location
the settlement was deserted with no trace of the settlers
What were the main reasons for founding the Roanoke settlement?
To establish a base for further exploration and to search for gold and other valuable resources.
To create a new trading route with Asia
To establish a vacation resort for the settlers
To escape religious persecution in England
What were some of the challenges faced by the Jamestown settlers?
Peaceful coexistence with neighboring colonies
Lack of leadership and organization
Some of the challenges faced by the Jamestown settlers were disease, starvation, conflicts with Native Americans, and harsh weather conditions.
Abundance of resources and support from Native Americans
How did the role of women in Roanoke and Jamestown contribute to the success of the settlements?
The role of women had no impact on the success of the settlements
Women only focused on leisure activities and did not help with the work
Women were not allowed to contribute to the settlements
Women performed essential tasks such as farming, cooking, and maintaining households, which were crucial for the survival and growth of the colonies.
A business arrangement in which investors buy shares of the company and derive profits in proportion to the amount of their shares
plantation
charter
joint-stock company
Jamestown
Which of these describes the experience of the first Jamestown settlers?
they were challenged by the environment
the found an area already settled by the Dutch
they were welcomed by the Indigenous people
they quickly established a prosperous settlement
Colonists were sent to Jamestown to...
have a good time.
make money for England and the Virginia company of London.
learn about the Powhatan Native Americans.
learn a new language.
Jamestown's cash crop was ________________.
primary source
tobcacco
corn
rivers
A form of government in which the ruler is a king or queen.
Monarchy
Democracy
Republic
None of the answers are true.
When individuals exchange goods or services directly without using money it is called...
sales
purchasing
credit transaction
bartering
Which colony was the first permanent English colony in America?
Plymouth
Jamestown
Roanoke
Tampa
What was name of the joint-stock company (a group of investors engaging in a business venture) that sent colonists to form the colony of Jamestown?
The Puritans
The Mayflower Compact
The Virginina Company
The East India Trading Company
The House of Burgesses was the
main headquarters for the King of England
first representative democracy in America
place where all business transactions were done
Many early colonists in Jamestown suffered because of
not enough gold was found
internal struggle amongst themselves
disease and lack of food
The Virginia Company was an example of a joint stock venture that wanted to
invest in colonizing America and make a profit
sell shares of stock in its company
gain naming rights to all new colonies in America
The legend of John Smith saving Jamestown arrived from him
fighting off the Natives
turning Jamestown into a large trading area
bringing discipline to the colony
Who had the authority to issue charters in colonial times?
The King of England
The Virginia Company of London
John Smith
Native Americans
The charter gave the Virginia Company of London the right to...
establish a settlement wherever they wanted
establish a settlement in England
establish a settlement in North America
to travel
Jamestown became a wealthier and more permanent settlement because of the arrival of which two groups?
Africans and women
American Indians (First Americans) and English prisoners
Africans and French settlers
American Indians (First Americans) and Spanish colonists
A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
colony
joint stock company
debtors
country
These people were the main target during Bacon's Rebellion, even though the Governor of Virginia had an agreement with them that ordered they be left alone.
Poor Blacks
Poor Whites
Native Americans
Russian Settlers
Bacon and his followers organized their own raid on neighboring Indians called...
Bacon's Mutiny
Bacon's Rebellion
Nathaniel Bacon's Insurgence
The Rebellion of Bacon
French and Indian War
Many of the soldiers in Bacon's private army were former indentured servants who now wanted their own land. What is an indentured servant?
A slave
A settler who traded 3-7 years of labor in exchange for passage across the Atlantic
The person who cleans your teeth at the dentist office
An employee of the Virginia Company
Which word means to be mistreated because of your religious beliefs?
persecution
provisions
harbor
agriculture
Local Native American tribe that would help the Pilgrims survive?
Wampanoag
Chesapeake
Susquehanna
Iroquois
Metacom or Metacomet was know to the English as
King Philip
King Kong
King James II
King Bradford
What is a representative government?
A form of government in which one person has total authority to make laws and rule the people.
A form of government in which individuals are elected to represent the interests of the rest of the people.
A form of government that has the church/God at its center.
A form of government in which there is no authority or laws.
How were the reasons for settling Jamestown and Plymouth different?
People who settled Plymouth wanted to make a profit, while people who settled Jamestown wanted religious freedom.
People who settled Jamestown wanted to make a profit, while people who settled Plymouth wanted religious freedom.
There were no differences in the reasons for settling both colonies.
Why did the Puritans want to start their own colony
England was too crowded.
They wanted freedom to practice their religion
They wanted to find gold in the New World
What is the difference between Puritans and Pilgrims?
Pilgrims wanted to celebrate Thanksgiving, and Puritans did not.
Pilgrims were Catholic and Puritans were not.
Puritans wanted to "purify" the church and Pilgrims wanted to separate from the church.
Why did John Winthrop describe the colony as being "a city upon a hill"?
If they are on a hill, they won't have floods.
John Winthrop wanted everyone to be jealous of their city.
John Winthrop wanted their colony to be a good example for all other colonies.
How did Roger Williams respond when he was ordered to return to England?
He created the Quaker religion.
He became governor of Plymouth.
He founded Providence, Rhode Island.
He moved to Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Why did William Penn establish Pennsylvania?
to have a place where people of all religions could live in harmony.
to have a central place where colonists could sell their goods.
to establish a colony to welcome new European settlers
to establish a colony where farming would flourish
Private ownership of land in Jamestown marked an important step toward ______.
rebellion
capitalism
democratic government
peace with local Indigenous people
Which statement describes Governor Berkeley’s role in Bacon’s Rebellion?
He raised taxes to pay for new forts.
He rejected a peace agreement.
He tried to push Indigenous groups off their land.
He encouraged the practice of indentured servitude on plantations.
Which statement best describes the purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
It set out the role and responsibilities of each colonist.
It outlined how work would be divided among colonists.
It established a framework for government for the colony.
It described the goods that would be produced in the colony.
Which text belongs under both “Massachusetts Bay Colony” and “Plymouth”?
provided crops for other colonies
offered land to Indigenous people
created large centers of commerce
provided escape from religious persecution
Which text belongs under “Jamestown”?
established by William Penn
founded by Pilgrims from England
became home to many Quakers
thrived under the leadership of John Smith
“. . . and by virtue hereof to enact, constitute, and frame such just and equal laws, ordinances, acts, constitutions and offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general good of the Colony unto which we promise all due submission and obedience.”
In this excerpt, to what do the signers agree?
to help each other maintain a food supply
to follow certain rules to maintain order
to protect each other from enemies
to support each other’s businesses
“Countrymen, the long experience of our late miseries, I hope is sufficient to persuade every one to a present correction of himself, and think not that either my pains, nor the Adventurers purses, will ever maintain you in idleness and sloth. I speak not this to you all, for diverse of you I know deserve both honour and reward, better then is yet here to be had: but the greater part must be more industrious, or starve, how ever you have been heretofore tolerated by the authority of the Council, from that I have often commanded you. You see now that power rests wholly in myself: you must obey this now for a Law, that he that will not work shall not eat (except by sickness he be disabled:) for the labours of thirty or forty honest and industrious men shall not be consumed to maintain an hundred and fifty idle loiterers. And though you presume the authority here is but a shadow, and that I dare not touch the lives of any but my own must answer it: the Letters patents shall each week be read to you, whose Contents will tell you the contrary. I would wish you therefore without contempt seek to observe these orders set down, for there are now no more Councilors to protect you, nor curb my endeavours. Therefore he that offends, let him assuredly expect his due punishment.”
What is Smith saying in this excerpt? Select the two correct answers.
He is in complete control of Jamestown.
The people of Jamestown need to work harder.
He is happy with the success of Jamestown so far.
The people of Jamestown need to cooperate with each other.
He is grateful for the hard work the people of Jamestown have done.
Describe two ways in which religious freedom was an important factor in the founding of the first English colonies.
New England colonies were not founded as safe places for people escaping religious persecution in England
New England colonies were founded as safe places for people escaping religious persecution in England
the Pilgrims founded Plymouth in 1620 so that they could worship in a way that they thought was correct;
the Pilgrims founded Plymouth in 1620 so that anyone could worship in a way that they thought was correct;
William Penn founded Pennsylvania as a colony where people who shared his Quaker religious beliefs would have religious freedom.
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England. They came to America for religious freedom and settled Massachusetts Bay.
Puritans
Pilgrims
Powhatans
Quakers
Group of English Protestants who wanted to break away from the Church of England. They established Plymouth Colony in Massachusetts in 1620 to seek religious freedom after having lived briefly in the Netherlands.
Puritans
Pilgrims
Powhatans
Quakers
A Wampanoag man that helped facilitate peace and farming for the colonists in New England
Pocahontas
Powhatan
Squanto
Sacajawea
1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. The set of rules was signed by the 41 Pilgrim men and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
Mayflower Compact
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
New England Primer
Great Migration
A Puritan governor of Massachusetts Bay Colony known for Speaker of "City upon a Hill" sermon.
William Bradford
John Winthrop
John Smith
Anne Hutchinson
A Puritan who disagreed with the church in Massachusetts Bay Colony, was banished from the colony, and later took part in the formation of Rhode Island.
Anne Hutchinson
John Winthrop
William Bradford
Squanto
Said by John Winthrop in a religious sermon; refers to the idea that Puritan colonists moving to the New World were destined by God to create a holy community: a model society for the rest of the world to follow.
City Upon a Hill
Plymouth Rock
The Columbian Exchange
The Great Migration
Why was Anne Hutchinson banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
She led a revolt against the Massachusetts governor
She challenged the gender roles and the church authority
The Puritans were angry when she started her own religion
They believed that she was practicing witchcraft
Who founded Pennsylvania?
Gregory Cecil
James Oglethorpe
William Penn
William Gregory
Explain how the Quaker practice of pacifism might have affected their interactions with other groups during the colonial period.
It led to frequent military alliances with other colonies.
It caused them to be isolated from other religious groups.
It allowed them to maintain peaceful relations with Native Americans.
It resulted in their participation in numerous wars.
What is the largest city in Pennsylvania?
Harrisburg
Scranton
Philadelphia
York
The Quakers believed...(check all that apply).
in religious freedom for all
in not having slaves
that they shouldn't fight in war
that they should eat only vegetables
