2. Why was Henry Hudson exploring the river (named for him) in 1609?
B. He was looking for a northwest water route to the Pacific Ocean.
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1. Places such as Massachusetts and Connecticut called colonies because _____________.
C. another country claimed the land and had power over the people who lived there
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13. What is the purpose of the last sentence in paragraph five?
B. to give the reader an idea of how rapidly history can change in just a short period of time
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What is the title of this reading?
What's a Colony?
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3. Why did Jonas Michaelius write a letter to the Dutch West India Company in 1628?
A. The company’s promises about life in New Netherland weren’t kept.
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** How many American colonies did England have?
What is 13.
(answer found in paragraph 1)
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11. Which statement best describes the main idea of the chapter?
C. The history of the colonies was divided up into the Middle, New England, and Southern Colonies.
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4. Why were the Dutch interested in colonizing America?
B. They thought India was much more important than America, but wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
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** What was the name of Henry Hudson's ship?
the Half Moon
(answer found on page 95)
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** What did early settlers in Virginia expect to find on the ground?
What is gold.
(answer found in paragraph 19)
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8. Which statement best supports the meaning of the sentence, “Those were colonial times”?
B. “The east coast of America was an English colony from 1607, when Jamestown began, until the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776.”
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EXTRA CREDIT #1: Which image is a primary source?
A. the image of the money (shilling & $40 bill) on page 92
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6. What is the main idea of Micahelius’ letter to the Dutch West India Company?
C. Although the land has enough natural resources to survive, all work has to be done by the colonist because there are no laborers to do the work and no towns to buy necessities.
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**What year did Henry Hudson sail into the river that would bear his name?
What is 1609.
(answer found on page 95)
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True or False: Maine was a colony.
FALSE. Maine was not a separate colony; it was part of Massachusetts.
(answer found in paragraph 13)
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10. What do the details in paragraph seventeen prove about Colonial period countries?
A. The size of a country has nothing to do with the amount of power they can have.
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EXTRA CREDIT #2: Which image is a secondary source?
D. the picture on page 93
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5. What were some similarities between the Dutch West India Company and the Virginia Company, which had sent English settlers to Jamestown?
What is A. I & II
- Both companies owned colonies.
- Both companies gave false information to attract colonists
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** Who is Adam Roelantsen?
A schoolmaster who was brought from the Dutch, in 1633, to the city of New Amsterdam
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Name 5 of the 13 English Colonies.
Mass., New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Penn., NJ, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
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12. Which statement from the text best helps support the main idea?
B. “Look at the map and you’ll see the New England colonies, the middle Atlantic colonies, and the Southern colonies.”
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7. What type of animal is a mullet and where does it live?