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- 1. Multiple ChoiceWhat became Jamestown's "gold"?goldtobacccowatertomatoes
- 2. Multiple ChoiceWhat product was instrumental in bringing about economic stability in the early years of the Virginia colony?CottonTobbacoIndigoGold
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these BEST explains the reason for African slaves being brought into the British colonies in Southern North America in the 17th century?The economy of Southern colonies needed non-wage labor.Northern colonial governments considered slavery immoral.Southern colonies refused to use Indians as forced labor.Industrial factories in the north did not need slave labor.
- 4. Multiple Choice
Which number on this map marks the area of colonial North America controlled by Great Britain around the year 1700?1234 - 5. Multiple ChoiceWhere was Jamestown located (today)?MissouriMississippiVirginiaNorth Carolina
- 6. Multiple ChoiceThe people who settled in the New England colonies were looking for religious freedomTrueFalse
- 7. Multiple ChoiceMost of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________Native Americans and slaveswomen and childrenslaves and indentured servantsFrenchmen and Mexicans
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?New EnglandSouthernMiddleBackcountry
- 9. Multiple ChoiceThe first permanent English settlement in North America wasWerowocomocoYorktownRichmondJamestown
- 10. Multiple ChoiceIn what year was Jamestown settled?1492160716082081
- 11. Multiple ChoiceHow was the agreement which bonded Pilgrims called?Mayflower CompactDeclaration of IndependenceNapoleonic CodeGeneva Conventions
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhen was Mayflower Compact written?1410149216551620
- 13. Multiple Choice1st representative governing body in the American colonies.English Bill of RightsArticles of ConfederationVirginia House of BurgessesCongress
- 14. Multiple ChoiceColonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years:slavesmigrant workersemployeesindentured servants
- 15. Multiple ChoiceTrue or False: Virginia settlers to Jamestown came fully preparedtruefalse
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