Colonial America

William Penn believed

• the land belonged to the Natives

• the colonists had a right to the land because they were superior

• the colonists should pay the natives for the land

• the natives had to adopt European customs

Georgia was established to give English debtors a fresh start and to protect the colonies from the Spanish in Florida

• True

• False

According to the theory of Mercantilism, colonies existed to

• provide luxury goods

• provide a place to rehouse convicts

• provide raw materials

• provide new trade routes

The Navigation Acts forced the colonies to sell their raw goods to England.

• True

• False

The colony of Jamestown expanded for the following reasons:

• John Rolfe and Pocahontas's marriage

• the colonists began to grow rice

• women and children came to the colonies

• colonists could participate in government through the House of Burgesses

• the Virginia Company began to offer a headright

The two Native Americans who assisted the Pilgrims in surviving their first winter were called:

• Squanto and Pocahonas

• Metacomet and Squanto

• Samoset and Sacajawea

• Squanto and Samoset

Women in New England made the following items for their families:

• cloth

• garments

• pots and pans

• candles

• soap

The colony of Jamestown survived because:

• John Rolfe married Pocahontas

• John Smith forced the colonists to work

• John Smith built a relationship of trust with the Powhatan

• New colonists came to replace those who left or died

• The colony began making money by planting tobacco

Which of these is NOT true?

• King Phillip's real name was Chief Metacomet

• Pocahontas married John Smith

• The Pilgrims were originally supposed to arrive in Virginia

• Indigo was first cultivated in the English Colonies by a woman

Why did Metacomet wage war against the New England colonies in what is known as King Phillip's War?

• The settlers brought diseases to the Native populations

• The Natives wanted to drive away all European settlers

• The Natives wanted the right to trade with Spain

• The settlers were moving onto Native American lands