Exploring New England's History and Trade Routes Quiz
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Why did countries want colonies?

  • To increase wealth and power (correct)
  • To establish cultural dominance
  • To expand their territory
  • To promote international cooperation
  • What is a charter?

  • A document issued by the government granting the right to create a colony (correct)
  • A legal agreement between two countries
  • A trade agreement between merchants
  • A type of ship used for exploration
  • According to mercantilism, what did a country need to do in order to have a favorable balance of trade?

  • Maintain an equal balance of imports and exports
  • Import more goods than they exported
  • Stop trading with other countries
  • Export more goods than they imported (correct)
  • Who signed a contract to work a certain number of years in return for passage to the colony and food, clothing, and shelter once they arrived?

    <p>Indentured servants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    When were the first enslaved Africans brought to Jamestown?

    <p>1619</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was the first to have a written constitution?

    <p>Connecticut</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the first legislature made up of elected representatives in North America?

    <p>House of Burgesses</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was settled by Thomas Hooker in 1636?

    <p>Connecticut</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What event led to the passing of laws making Africans hereditary slaves?

    <p>Bacon's Rebellion</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony in New England was settled by David Thomson in 1623?

    <p>New Hampshire</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony declared independence from Great Britain in 1777?

    <p>Vermont</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who helped the Pilgrims communicate and mediate with the tribal leaders of the Wampanoag people?

    <p>Squanto</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which colony was settled by Roger Williams and his supporters in 1635?

    <p>Rhode Island</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the name of the deadly disease that swept through the Wampanoag community?

    <p>Smallpox</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who established the foundation for the colony's government with the Mayflower Compact?

    <p>The Pilgrims</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European country settled New Netherlands in 1624?

    <p>Dutch</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which British duke gave the land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers to Sir George Carteret and Lord John Berkley in 1664?

    <p>Duke of York</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European country settled New Jersey in 1660?

    <p>Dutch</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which European country settled New Sweden in 1638?

    <p>Sweden</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who was the Lord of the Southern Colony of Maryland?

    <p>Lord Baltimore</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What was the religious majority in the Catholic haven of Maryland?

    <p>Protestants</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Southern Colony was established as a place for English debtors to go and serve their sentences?

    <p>Georgia</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which Southern Colony had a labor force consisting mostly of enslaved Africans?

    <p>South Carolina</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Which type of colony was supervised and governed by individuals who had been granted huge tracks of land by the British king or queen in return for political favors?

    <p>Proprietary colonies</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who settled on Roanoke Island in 1587 under the leadership of John White?

    <p>100 men, women, and children</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What did the word 'CROAT' carved onto the palisades and the letters 'CRO' carved into a nearby tree indicate?

    <p>The settlers were living with the Croatan Indians</p> Signup and view all the answers

    Who emerged as Jamestown's leader and declared that those who didn't work wouldn't eat?

    <p>John Smith</p> Signup and view all the answers

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