The American Journey © 2012

Chapter 3: Colonial America

Self-Check Quizzes

1
The Jamestown colony was founded in __________.
A)1588
B)1606
C)1607
D)1620
2
The major cash crop of the early Virginia colonists was __________.
A)rice
B)tobacco
C)cotton
D)indigo
3
The Pilgrims' leader was __________.
A)John Smith
B)William Bradford
C)Lord Baltimore
D)James Oglethorpe
4
Squanto and Samoset helped the __________ colony survive by teaching the colonists how to grow certain foods and where to hunt.
A)Jamestown
B)Massachusetts Bay
C)Rhode Island
D)Plymouth
5
King Philip's War arose over __________.
A)anger over English attacks on Spanish ships
B)loss of Native American land to English settlers
C)French claims of territory along the St. Lawrence River
D)English attacks on New Amsterdam
6
New York was a(n) __________ colony.
A)royal
B)proprietary
C)independent
D)corporate
7
The colony founded as a home for Quakers was __________.
A)Maryland
B)New Jersey
C)Delaware
D)Pennsylvania
8
Maryland was founded to provide religious freedom for __________.
A)Anglicans
B)Puritans
C)Catholics
D)Separatists
9
What colonist led angry settlers in Virginia in a rebellion against Governor Berkeley, setting fire to the capital at Jamestown?
A)Nathaniel Bacon
B)John Smith
C)John Rolfe
D)Thomas Hooker
10
The colony founded for debtors and other poor people was __________.
A)South Carolina
B)Pennsylvania
C)North Carolina
D)Georgia
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