Unit 2 Exploration and Colonization

Why was Jamestown established?

• Religious purposes

• Economical purposes

Plymouth had negative relationships with the Native Americans.

• True

• False

The first representative ASSEMBLY in the English colonies was called...

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• New England town meeting

• Virginia House of Burgesses

The first WRITTEN CONSTITUTION in the English colonies was called...

• New England town meeting

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

The first form of SELF-GOVERNMENT in the English colonies was called...

• Virginia House of Burgesses

• New England town meeting

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which geographical region was Plymouth founded in?

• New England colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

This colony was founded by the Dutch in the early-1600s and is now known as New York City.

• New Holland

• New Amsterdam

• New Harlem

• New Jersey

What is William Penn most known for?

• Establishing a religiously tolerant colony with many Quakers

• Losing the war with the Dutch for New Amsterdam

• Loss of power in Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Setting up a government where all citizens could participate

Why was Georgia such a good military defense?

• it was full of many skilled and brave soldiers.

• American Indians in Georgia could help them.

• it could help to protect other English colonies from Spanish Florida.

• Its mountainous terrain would be a natural defense against enemies.

James Oglethorpe help found the colony of Georgia to help which group of people?

• Puritans

• Debtors

• Quakers

• Native Americans