Early Colonial Development

What happened to many of the native people when Europeans began establishing settlements?

• They became government leaders in the new settlements.

• They began living in the settlements with the colonists.

• They were forced to move, forced into slavery, or were killed.

• They traveled to England and started their own colonies.

European diseases that arrived in the New World were particularly deadly because...

• little medical aid was available so far from European urban centers
• the European conquerors deliberately accelerated the spread of the most deadly strains
• the Native Americans had no natural resistance to these diseases
• the vast devastation of warfare with the Europeans left few to care for the sick

What was the first legislature made up of elected representatives in Jamestown called?

• Virginia Company

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Senate

Which region depended on cash crops through slave labor for their economy?

• New England

• Southern

• Middle

• Mid-Atlantic

Which region depended on fur trading, whaling, shipbuilding, and fishing for their economy?

• Southern

• Mid-Atlantic

• Middle

• New England

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

• Debtors

• Pilgrims

• Catholics

• Indentured Servants

The definition of mercantilism is

• an economic system where the colonies benefit the mother country

• a government system where merchants have all the power

• a religious system where people can buy their way into heaven

• a social system that regards merchants as an important role

The Mayflower Compact was

• 1st elected legislature in the colonies

• an agreement by Pilgrims to have peace with Native Americans

• the government created by the British for colonists

• an agreement by New England settlers that created the first self-government

Which of the following documents limited the power of the King of England?

• English Bill of Rights
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Magna Carta
• Mayflower Compact

What is the House of Burgesses?

• The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

• The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

• The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.