Why Colonize?
Virginia Development
Settlement of New England
Mid Atlantic Colonies
Colonial Society
100
Term is used to describe the journey of African slaves across the Atlantic Ocean?
What is the Middle Passage?
100
Investors in the Virginia Company of London were disappointed that valuable metals or minerals were not found in Virginia, so they could earn a return on their investment. Virginia had other resources, and trade between Europe and Virginia grew in large part due to Virginia's cultivation and processing of which of the following agricultural products?
What is Tobacco?
100
In which area did good harbors, abundant forests, rocky soil, and a short growing season most influence the colonial economy?
What is New England colonies
100
The leg of the Trans-Atlantic Trade known as the Middle Passage is historically significant because it was a major trade route in which_________ were transported
What is enslaved people?
100
Which crop was significant to the early growth of the North American colonies in the 1600s?
What is Tobacco?
200
Which group founded Massachusetts?
What are Puritans?
200
In the early years of the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most likely to be
What is a Indentured Servant?
200
Which factor directly affected the settlement of New England in the 1600s?
What is Religious persecution in Great Britain?
200
Which of the following individuals wanted to establish a haven for Quakers in America?
Who is William Penn?
200
Which of the following was the first legislature in the English colonies?
What is House of Burgesses?
300
According to the theory of ________________, a nation could increase its wealth and power by obtaining as much gold and silver as possible, and by establishing a favorable ____________, in which it sold more goods than it bought.
What is mercantilism; balance of trade
300
The Virginia House of Burgesses and the New England town meeting were similar in that they:
Represented colonial participation in government.
300
How was the settlement of Virginia different from the settlement of Massachusetts?
Virginia was settled primarily for economic reasons rather than to escape religious persecution.
300
Why were the Southern and Chesapeake colonies more likely to hire indentured servants than the Middle or New England colonies?
The economy of the Southern colonies focused on large scale agriculture and land owners needed help tending their land
300
Which geographic feature contributed the most to the development of commerce throughout colonial America?
What are Natural Harbors?
400
In its economic relationship with its North American colonies, Great Britain followed the principles of 18th-century mercantilism by
limiting the colonies’ trade with other nations
400
Describe Jamestown, Virginia
It was the first English colony in North America.
400
King Phillip’s War occurred due to:
The growth of Puritans in the New England region and their practice of controlling more and more of Native American land
400
Why did cities like Philadelphia, New York, Boston and Baltimore develop and see commercial success in colonial America?
Their location on the coast or near rivers provided easy access for traders
400
Which colony began as a joint-stock company and later became a royal colony?
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
500
Which of the following was “awakened” during the Great Awakening?
What are religious belief?
500
As more and more settlers arrived in Jamestown, relations between the settlers and Powhatan people________
Worsen or gotten worse
500
Roger Williams was significant because of his role in which of the following:
He founded another colony in New England after leaving Massachusetts over disagreements with Puritan church leaders.
500
. I challenge the warmest supporter for reconciliation to show a single advantage that this continent can gain by being connected with Great Britain. I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is gained. Our corn will fetch its price in any market in Europe, and our imported goods must be paid for, buy them where we will. . . . — Thomas Paine, Common Sense, 1776-
What is mercantilism?
500
Rhode Island and Pennsylvania were founded by English settlers in search of
What is Religious freedom?
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