USH Unit 1

Which European country colonized the 13 colonies?

• Spain

• Britain

• France

• Netherlands

This person "founded" the Americas in 1492.

• Marco Polo

• Vasco da Gama

• Christopher Columbus

• Francis Drake

What was the first attempt at a colony in the Americas?

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

• Jamestown

• Richmond

What happened to the colony of Roanoke?

• Everyone died

• Aliens (probably, but don't choose this)

• They sailed back to England

• Nobody knows

True or False: One reason that people left Europe to colonize the Americas was to declare independence and start their own separate country.

• True

• False

True or False: One reason that people left Europe to colonize the Americas was to improve their economic and/or social status

• True

• False

True or False: One reason that people left Europe to colonize the Americas was because of the large death toll of a famine going on in Europe.

• True

• False

True or False: One reason that people left Europe to colonize the Americas was to have increased social and religious freedom

• True

• False

True or False: One reason that people left Europe to colonize the Americas was to conquer Native American tribes.

• True

• False

Which best explains the main sources of profits during early colonization for the British.

• Colonists developing cash crop farms, collecting natural resources, and starting to manufacture goods.

• Colonists fur trading and collecting natural resources with the help of local Native Americans.

• Developing mines to find valuable minerals and creating cash crop farms/ranches mostly worked by slave labor.