Early Settlements Unit Test Review

Why did the Spanish bring enslaved people from West Africa to New Spain?

• They used them as workers on their plantations.

• They wanted people to help them learn how to ranch.

• They needed to teach them Christianity in their missions.

• They had allowed the native peoples to become criollos.

Why did King James I grant a charter to the Virginia Company?

• to set up a trading post for corn and turkeys

• to set up a colony to produce tobacco

• to set up a colony that made a profit

• to set up a trading post with the Powhatan

Which document did the Pilgrims sign to govern themselves when they landed in the New World?

• Articles of Confederation

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

• Mayflower Compact

• Constitution

The original name of the area that is now New York state was _____Blank.

• New Netherland
• Newfoundland

• New Spain

• New France

Why did an economy based on cash crops grow in the southern colonies?

• because of its rich soil and long growing season

• because of its dense forests

• because of its easy access to trading ports and cities

• because its hilly geography did not allow other crops

Which religious group mainly settled in the middle colonies and focused on nonviolence and equality between men and women?

• Anglicans

• Puritans

• Baptists

• Quakers

Which of the following traveled from the colonies to Europe?

• enslaved people

• furniture

• woven cloth

• raw materials

Which of the following statements describes a similarity between enslaved Africans and free Africans in the colonies?

• They were loaned to other plantation owners.

• They were allowed to move from place to place without a guard.

• They were denied basic rights such as the right to vote.

• They mostly worked in large cities in the New England and Middle colonies.

Which form of resistance provided hope, encouragement, and clues about escaping?

• destroying crops

• music

• stealing

• dance

What is an endentured servant?

• A person who works for free by choice

• A person who works for a set number of years in exchange for passage to America

• A person who is forced to work with no chance of freedom

• A person who is hired for one day of work and paid in cash