13 COLONIES

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the English settlements in the New World?

• Their settlements were oriented towards trade with the Indians

• Most of the settlers were Protestant

• Most of the settlements were on the Atlantic Coast
  

• The dominate crop that shaped its economy was sugar cane

Answer explanation

Who wanted to separate from the Church Of England and hold their own services because they did not entirely agree with what the Church of England was teaching?

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Anglicans

• Catholics

What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown?

• To convert the natives to Christianity

• To establish a community with representative government

• To establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

• To find gold and riches

Which of the colonies was founded as a refuge for imprisoned debtors?

• Connecticut

• Delaware

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

The British Colony where the House of Burgesses was established was...

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Connecticut

The principle motivation for the settlement of the Plymouth Bay Colony was?

• Economic

• political

• social

• religious

In his "City upon a Hill" sermon John Winthrop was appealing to the Puritans to...

• select ground well away from swamps and marshes to settle on

• open their communities to people of all faiths who were fleeing England

• Build a godly community for people to see how a city should be ran

• exile dissidents like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson to Western Massachusetts

He led the last attack on the Puritans and was slaughtered. The defeat decimated his tribe and shored up all of the lands in the northeast for the English.

• William Penn

• King Phillip ( Metacom)

• Nathaniel Bacon

• Henry Hudson

Virginia is in the

• Northern Colonies ( New England Colonies)

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

Which labor model did Virginia planters primarily rely on before switching to slave labor?

• serfdom

• indentured servitude

• volunteering

• wage labor