New England Colonies
Members of this group that wanted to eliminate all traces of Roman Catholic ritual and traditions in the Church of England
Puritans
What religious group settled primarily in Pennsylvania?
A Presbyterians
B Puritans
C Quakers
D Catholics
C. Quakers
Why were Africans brought to Jamestown in 1619?
A To work on sugar plantations
B To seek religious freedom
C To fight against American Indians
D To work on tobacco plantations
D. To work tobacco plantations
Which area of the New World did the Spanish NOT explore?
A South America
B Caribbean
C Canada
D Central America
C Canada
What was Triangular Trade?
A A trade system that brought goods directly from Europe to the Americas and back to Europe.
B A trade system that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas to Europe.
C A trade system that went from China to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas to China. D A trade system that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to China, and China to the Americas.
B A trade system that went from Europe to Africa, Africa to the Americas, and the Americas to Europe.
This form of government in which people vote on policy initiatives directly, as opposed to a representative democracy in which people vote for representatives who then vote on policy initiatives?
Direct Democracy
What is the name of the founder of Pennsylvania whom created the colony as a safe place for Quakers?
William Penn
In the 1600s the foothills and valleys of Appalachian Mountains had what type of economy?
A Small subsistence farmers
B Textiles
C Large slave plantations
D Manufacturing
A Small subsistence farmers
A larger numbers of enslaved Africans were forcibly brought to the Southern colonies on this dangerous journey of the Triangle Trade?
Middle Passage
European explorers brought diseases with them to North America. What impact did this have on Native American tribes already living on the continent?
A The Native Americans quickly left the affected areas.
B The Native Americans had no immunity to these diseases and many died.
C The Native Americans banded together to fight the Europeans.
D The Native Americans were able to help heal the Europeans of these diseases.
B The Native Americans had no immunity to these diseases and many died.
This document was written by Pilgrims with the purpose of establishing a type of government in their new colony. It was an agreement to make and follow laws that would benefit the colony.
A Mayflower Compact
B Articles of Confederation
C English Bill of Rights
D Magna Carta
A. Mayflower Compact
These Members of the Society of Friends, a religious group persecuted for its beliefs in 17th century England fled to Pennsylvanian?
Quakers
These individuals were English nobility who received large land grants in eastern Virginia from the King of England. They were called —
A Knights of Arms
B Landowners
C Nobility
D Cavaliers
D. Cavaliers
Virginia's House of Burgesses is an example of a —
A town meeting
B city hall
C representative assembly
D county seat
C representative assembly
Conflict between American Indians (First Americans) and European settlers most often resulted from the different ways each culture viewed —
A political systems
B religious practices
C family relationships
D land ownership
D land ownership
The founders of Rhode Island had different views from the Massachusetts Puritans on —
A enslaved workers
B private property
C indentured servants
D religious tolerance
D religious tolerance
This group of French Protestant suffered severe persecution at the hands of the Catholic majority, and many thousands fled from France.
Huguenots
Jamestown was established in 1607 by the Virginia Company of London as a —
A business venture
B relocation area for English noblemen who were debtors
C place to hide indentured servants
D haven for religious zealots
A. Business venture
These workers agreed to work on tobacco plantations for a period of time (7 years) to pay for passage to the New World?
Indentured Servants
How did the Great Awakening most influence the American Revolutionary movement?
A It supported the practice of slave labor.
B It established official state religions.
C It challenged the established government order. D It discouraged trade with foreign countries.
C It challenged the established government order.
This community is a religious group whose members bind themselves to one another and to the group by a solemn agreement called a covenant
Covenant Community
A company whose stock is owned jointly by the shareholders.
A Joint Stock Company
What structural element led colonists of the southern colonial region to rely on slave labor more than the other regions?
A A geographic reliance on port cities
B A social structure based on land-ownership
C An economy based largely on agriculture
D A governmental system centered around town halls
C An economy based largely on agriculture
What was the name for the shortcut west Columbus was looking for to get to Asia?
Western Passage
This religious movement that swept both Europe and the colonies during the mid-1700s, led to the rapid growth of evangelical religions such as the Methodists and Baptists and challenged the established religious and governmental order.
The Great Awakening