English Colonization in America Quiz
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What was the primary reason for England's colonization of America?

  • To increase wealth and power (correct)
  • To spread English culture
  • To escape religious persecution
  • To find new land for settlement
  • What was the main objective behind the founding of Jamestown in 1607?

  • To establish an economic venture (correct)
  • To establish a religious community
  • To find a strategic military location
  • To escape political turmoil in England
  • Who financed the settlement of Jamestown?

  • Spanish investors
  • The stockholders of the Virginia Company of London (correct)
  • French merchants
  • The British government
  • What distinguished Jamestown as the first permanent English settlement in America?

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