Unit 01: Colonial America - Life in a New Land 1587-1763

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.
• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.
• Wars that start over money.
• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

What products came out of West Africa in Triangular Trade?

• Gold and Slaves
• Guns and Sugar
• Finished Goods and Services
• Salt and Pepper

What products came out of England to supply its colonies?

• Timber and Furs
• Rum and Guns
• Manufactured Goods
• Slaves and Ships

In what year was Jamestown settled?

• 1492
• 1607
• 1776
• 2007

Which of the following is not a reason that the settlers chose the site for the Jamestown settlement?

• It had swamps
• Fresh supply of water
• Deep harbor to dock ships
• Easy to defend against attack

Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?

• Chief Powhatan
• Christopher Newport
• Lord De La Warr
• Captain John Smith

Jamestown was located on a peninsula in ...

• Virginia
• North Carolina
• Florida
• New York

What brought the original colonists from England to Jamestown?

• the search for food
• the search for gold and silver
• the search for tobacco
• the search for religious freedom

An indentured servant is...

• a person who works in the colonies.
• a person who works for someone for 4-7 years.
• a poor person in England during the 1600s.
• someone who owned land in America.

American colonies could only buy goods from...

• European countries.
• England.
• France.
• the colonies.