Topic 1
Which nation started colonies in the Americas first?
a) England
b) France
c) Netherlands
d) Spain
d) Spain
What is one advantage of the Pilgrims' building their settlement on a bay?
a) land along the bay is always good for farming.
b) The location provided a defense from Native American attacks.
c) The location provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade.
d) The Pilgrims could use the bay for fresh drinking water.
c) The location provided a harbor near the Atlantic Ocean for easy access to shipping and trade.
In which present-day states did the Dutch establish New Netherland?
a) Delaware and Pennsylvania
b) Maryland and Virginia
c) New York and New Jersey
d) Massachusetts and Rhode Island
c) New York and New Jersey
Samuel de Champlain founded _________?
a) Quebec
b) New Amsterdam
c) New Orleans
d) Europe
a) Quebec
Which part of North America did La Salle claim for France in 1684?
a) the land along the St. Lawrence River
b) the land along the Rio Grande
c) the Great Lakes region
d) the Mississippi River valley
d) the Mississippi River valley
What did Spain build in the borderlands of New Spain to convert the Native Americans to Christianity?
a) haciendas
b) missions
c) plantations
d) presidios
b) missions
Which colony made huge profits as a result of tobacco sales to Europe?
a) Brazil
b) New Netherland
c) Plymouth
d) Virginia
d) Virginia
Where did the Pilgrims settle?
a) Indiana
b) North Carolina
c) Maine
d) Massachusetts
d) Massachusetts
What was England's first settlement in North America?
a) Roanoke
b) Plymouth
c) New Amsterdam
d) Jamestown
d) Jamestown
Why did Pilgrims want to move from the Netherlands to North America?
a) They wanted to find gold.
b) They wanted to start farms.
c) They wanted to build a society in which everyone shared the same religion.
d) The wanted to find new trade routes.
c) They wanted to build a society in which everyone shared the same religion.
How could Tisquantum help the first colonists to New England?
a) He led their explorations of areas surrounding their colony.
b) He taught them how to farm and fish in their new home.
c) He taught them how to speak Native American languages.
d) He became their ally against nearby Spanish colonists.
b) He taught them how to farm and fish in their new home.
Who is the English ruler named in the Mayflower Compact?
a) King Arthur
b) King Cartier
c) King James I
d) King Hudson
c) King James I
What was the aim of Dutch settlers coming to North America?
a) to profit from the sale of furs to Europe
b) to find good farmland
c) to escape war in Europe
d) to practice their religion
a) to profit from the sale of furs to Europe
Why was Jamestown's location a poor choice for a settlement? Short answer.
The land was swampy and not good for farming.
Use this information to answer this question:
The male landowning members of the Virginia Colony elected people to represent them in the legislature.
What does the word legislature mean in the sentence above?
a) a lawmaking branch of the government
b) a person who speaks for other people
c) a church supported by the government
d) an agreement among people, groups, or nations
a) a lawmaking branch of the government
What kinds of activities made up the early economies of the North American colonies. Short answer.
Farming, ranching, fishing, fur trading, and shipping goods and raw materials back to Europe.
Use this to answer the question:
"We whose names are underwritten . . . [agree] to enact, constitute, and frame such just as equal Laws . . . from time to time, as shall be thought most meet [proper] and convenient for the General good of the Colony. . . . "
How does these words illustrate that the Mayflower Compact created a form of self-government?
These people who signed the compact agreed to make and follow their own laws for the common good.
Put these events in the order that they occurred:
The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown.
Pedro Menedez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine.
The Dutch establish New Amsterdam.
Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec.
William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
2 The Virginia Company establishes Jamestown.
1 Pedro Menedez de Aviles establishes St. Augustine.
5 The Dutch establish New Amsterdam.
3 Samuel de Champlain establishes Quebec.
4 William Bradford and the Pilgrims establish Plymouth.
How did missionaries affect Native Americans in New Spain? Short answer.
They held ceremonies to make a large number of Native Americans Catholic. Later they taught Native Americans Catholic beliefs. Many Native Americans fought to hold to their beliefs, but others were forced to change how they lived and worshipped.
How was the House of Burgesses important? Short answer.
The House of Burgesses helped make laws that were needed to keep order. It was also the first representative assembly in the English Colonies. It allowed some of the Virginia colonist to elect people who represent them in the House of Burgesses.