3.1
Which correctly identifies the MAIN European powers in North America?
Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland
Portugal, Italy, Russia, Greece
Norway, Sweden, Finland, Denmark
Spain, France, England (Britain), Netherlands
Spain, France, England (Britain), Netherlands
Which identifies the 2 groups of religious dissenters who left England and established colonial settlements in the New England region of North America?
Catholics and Muslims
Quakers and Baptists
Separatists and Puritans
Lutherans and Hindus
Separatists and Puritans
List all of the middle colonies
New York, Pennsylvania, Delaware, New Jersey
list the southern colonies
Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia
What was the MAIN impact of the Protestant Reformation?
Widespread conflict among nations in Europe
Complete end of the Catholic Church in Europe
Bill of rights that included freedom of religion in Europe
Widespread conflict among nations in Europe
Which identifies the first attempt at English colonization of North America? It was not successful and has become known as the "Lost Colony".
Roanoke
Which document, drawn up by the Pilgrims as a new charter and orderly government "for the good of the colony", represents a historical step in the development of representative democracy that we still have in our government today?
Mayflower Compact
Which BEST describes the reasons why England wanted the land that became the Middle Colonies.
This region had excellent seaports, rivers and raw materials for trade. They also wanted to link up their New England and Southern colonial regions
Maryland was originally founded by the Calvert family as a safe haven for which religious group that was persecuted in England?
Catholics
Which European colonial power developed the best relations with the Native American tribes?
French
Which identifies the first SUCCESSFUL English settlement in North America that was gold and establishing trade? established for the economic reasons of finding
Jamestown, Virginia
Which BEST describes the impact that the lack of tolerance by the Puritans had on New England?
People disagreed with Puritan leaders, left Massachusetts and established the colonies of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
People began to rebel violently against Puritan leaders, which led to a civil war among the New England colonists
People fled the New England colonies and went to settle with the Spanish in Florida and Mexico
People decided to live with French fur traders west of the Appalachian Mountains
People disagreed with Puritan leaders, left Massachusetts and established the colonies of Connecticut, Rhode Island and New Hampshire
New York & New Jersey had many different ethnic groups living there when they were established. Which term BEST describes this?
Diversity
Which statement is INCORRECT about the Maryland colony?
Land/border dispute with the Penn family and Pennsylvania solved by the Mason Dixon Line
Act of Toleration ensured that both Catholics and Protestants could worship freely in Maryland
Tobacco was the main cash crop, and enslaved Africans and indentured servants were the work force
Maryland was a colony for Puritans, and poor Aristocrats worked as laborers on plantations
Maryland was a colony for Puritans, and poor Aristocrats worked as laborers on plantations
List the New England Colonies
Mass., New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
Which BEST describes how Jamestown was able to survive its early years even though the settlers there faced hardships of disease, starvation, and native attacks?
John Smith's leadership and the trade alliance he made with the Powhatan tribe for food
Which identifies the MAIN source of conflict that led to "King Philip's (Metacomet's) War" between the Native American tribes and New England colonists in 1675-76?
Disputes over fishing rights
Fierce competition for land
Arguments over religion
Fighting over mining rights for gold
Fierce competition for land
Which Middle Colony originally belonged to Swedish settlers, then was taken over by the Dutch, and then taken over by the English? Because this land was given to Penn and the Quakers, this colony was technically under the control of the Pennsylvania governor for awhile.
Delaware
Uprising of small farmers and former indentured servants against the government of Virginia, because they wanted more access to settle native lands that were off limits to them?
Bacons Rebellion
Which crop's success probably saved Jamestown from collapse?
Tobacco
Which is the BEST description of the complex relationship that developed between the colonists at Jamestown and the native tribes they interacted with?
A mutually beneficial trade relationship developed at first as colonists traded European goods for Native food / Eventually conflict broke out over colonists stealing food and land from Natives
Which BEST describes the effects of "King Philip's (Metacomet's) War in New England?
Native American power was weakened and English colonial settlement expanded
Which statement is CORRECT when comparing the Middle Colonies to the New England Colonies?
The Middle colonies were mostly English settlers who practiced the Catholic faith, were not tolerant of differences, and enforced social status in society. The New England colonies were culturally diverse, allowed religious freedom, were more tolerant of differences and stressed equality between men and women
The Middle Colonies culturally diverse, more tolerant of differences, offered more equality and permitted more religious freedom. The New England colonies were most English settlers, intolerant, had a strict social system in place and mainly practiced the Puritan religion
The Middle Colonies culturally diverse, more tolerant of differences, offered more equality and permitted more religious freedom. The New England colonies were most English settlers, intolerant, had a strict social system in place and mainly practiced the Puritan religion
Which statement best describes why the Georgia colony was established?
It was created as a colony to grow tobacco
James Oglethorpe was given that land because of debt owed to his father
It was created as a block or buffer incase Spain attacked
It was created as a safe haven for Catholics
It was created as a block or buffer incase Spain attacked
Which identifies the groups of Separatists who made a religious journey to North America aboard the Mayflower in 1620?
Pilgrims
Quakers
Conquistadors
Catholics
Pilgrims