Colonial America Quiz

What was the first permanent settlement in North America, settled in 1607?

• Roanoke Island

• Quebec

• Jamestown

• Williamsburg

What was the reason England settled or attempted to settle Roanoke Island and Jamestown?

• so the English colonists could have religious freedom

• they were designed to be economic ventures so that England could make money

• so that English colonists could have a military adventure

• the English colonists were hoping to start their own dairy farm

Plymouth colony was settled by English people who wanted to

• Search for gold

• Avoid religious persecution

• Find a water route to Asia

• Escape their debts

Pilgrims could be defined as separatists because they wanted to separate from the

• Church of England

• Church of Portugal

• Prime Minister of England

• Mayflower Corporation

Pilgrims are to Plymouth as Puritans are to _______________

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Jamestown

• Roanoke

• New Amsterdam

Which of the following colonies was known as The Lost Colony?

• Jamestown

• Georgia

• Roanoke

• Plymouth

The above three colonies were settled for reasons of

• religious freedom

• economic ventures

• military orders from the king

• better dairy cows

What colony was settled by Lord Oglethorpe and debtors he took out of prison in England who hoped for a new life and economic freedom?

• Rhode Island

• Maryland

• Georgia

• North Carolina

What colony was settled by the Quakers under the leadership of William Penn?

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• Plymouth

• Massachusetts

All of the colonies had strong political, economic, and social ties to

• France

• Spain

• Portugal

• England