The American Journey, Illinois Edition

Chapter 3: Colonial America

Colonial America

1.
The Jamestown colony was founded in __________.
A)1588
B)1606
C)1607
D)1620
2.
The major cash crop of the early Virginia colonists was __________.
A)rice
B)tobacco
C)cotton
D)indigo
3.
The Pilgrims’ leader was __________.
A)John Smith
B)William Bradford
C)Lord Baltimore
D)James Oglethorpe
4.
Squanto and Samoset helped the __________ colony survive by teaching the colonists how to grow certain foods and where to hunt.
A)Jamestown
B)Massachusetts Bay
C)Rhode Island
D)Plymouth
5.
King Philip’s War arose over __________.
A)anger over English attacks on Spanish ships
B)loss of Native American land to English settlers
C)French claims of territory along the St. Lawrence River
D)English attacks on New Amsterdam
6.
New York was a(n) __________ colony.
A)royal
B)proprietary
C)independent
D)corporate
7.
The colony founded as a home for Quakers was __________.
A)Maryland
B)New Jersey
C)Delaware
D)Pennsylvania
8.
Maryland was founded to provide religious freedom for __________.
A)Anglicans
B)Puritans
C)Catholics
D)Separatists
9.
What colonist led angry settlers in Virginia in a rebellion against Governor Berkeley, setting fire to the capital at Jamestown?
A)Nathaniel Bacon
B)John Smith
C)John Rolfe
D)Thomas Hooker
10.
The colony founded for debtors and other poor people was __________.
A)South Carolina
B)Pennsylvania
C)North Carolina
D)Georgia
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