Colonial America
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  • Question 1
    20 seconds
    Q.

    Was the English settlement of Roanoke a failure or success?

    answer choices

    Failure

    Success

  • Question 2
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What did John White find when he returned to the settlement at Roanoke?

    answer choices

    Native Americans

    Dead bodies of all the colonist

    John Rolfe growing tobacco

    Nothing but "CROATOAN" written on a tree

  • Question 3
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Who granted a charter to the Virginia Joint Stock Company in 1606 to colonize Jamestown, Virginia?

    answer choices

    King James I

    John Smith

    Walter Raleigh

    King Charles II

  • Question 4
    30 seconds
    Q.

    The primary motivation of England settlers to colonize in the New World?

    answer choices

    To find a warmer climate

    To grow tobacco

    Seek gold and wealth

    Experience the Native American culture

  • Question 5
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Which word best describes the settlers at Jamestown?

    answer choices

    Prepared

    Inexperienced

    Handy

    Entertainers

  • Question 6
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What was the winter of 1609-1610 in Jamestown called?

    answer choices

    Winterfell

    Starving Time

    Snowfall time

    Harvest Season

  • Question 7
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What cash crop helped Jamestown finally become successful?

    answer choices

    Tobacco

    Rice

    Indigo

    Corn

  • Question 8
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Why was the Virginia House of Burgesses significant in Colonial America?

    answer choices

    Established religion in the colonies

    Began a tradition of representative government in the English colonies

    Declared independence from England

    Established a military regime in the colonies

  • Question 9
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Which ship did the Pilgrims sail on?

    answer choices

    Pinta

    Santa Maria

    El Salvador

    Mayflower

  • Question 10
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Pilgrims were also known as?

    answer choices

    Puritans

    Quakers

    Loyalist

    Separatists

  • Question 11
    30 seconds
    Q.

    Why did the Pilgrims and Puritans travel to the New World?

    answer choices

    Seek freedom from Spain

    Seek religious freedom

    To grow tobacco

    Establish trading alliance with Jamestown Colonist

  • Question 12
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What was the Mayflower Compact?

    answer choices

    A plan to take land from Native Americans

    The Pilgrims would promise to find gold

    Pilgrims would go back to England if things became to hard

    The Pilgrims would make laws to help everyone, and people agreed to follow the laws

  • Question 13
    30 seconds
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    What was the difference between Puritans and Separatist ?

    answer choices

    Puritans were happy with Church of England ruling and Separatist wanted to purify Church of England

    Separatist did not pray but Puritans did pray

    A separatist wanted to leave the Church while Puritans wanted to purify its practices

    Puritans were Jamestown Colonist and Separatist were Plymouth Colonist

  • Question 14
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    Q.

    What are the 3 regions of colonial America?

    answer choices

    Southern Colonies

    Northern Colonies

    Middle Colonies

    American Colonies

    New England Colonies

  • Question 15
    30 seconds
    Q.

    What European country controlled the 13 colonies ?

    answer choices

    Spain

    America

    England

    Portugal

    French

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