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1. A paper that the King of England gave to settlers who wanted to form a colony that gave them permission is called a

1. permission slip

1. charter

1. land grant

1. When you grow something for money, this is called a

1. grocery store

1. payment for a loan

1. cash crop

1. The person on the journey with Christopher Newport to Jamestown was:

1. King James

1. John Rolfe

1. John Smith

1. The people who wanted to go to the New World and had a free passage on the ship but had to work for 7 years without money were called:

1. Servants

1. indentured servants

1. Gentlemen of London

1. The colony known as the "Lost Colony" is:

1. Roanoake

1. Virginia

1. Jamestown

Quiz SOL 5a

1. The first permanent settlement in Virginia was:

1. Roanoke
2. Jamestown
3. Elizabeth Town
4. Richmond

1. The Queen of England who asked Sir Walter Raleigh to organize the journey to Virginia was:

1. Mary
2. Elizabeth
3. Ellen
4. Pocahontas

1. When the settlers were at Jamestown, they had encounters with this Native American tribe:

1. Navajo
2. Inuit
3. Powhatan
4. Sioux

1. When tobacco became a good cash crop, the London Company sent more workers to Jamestown. The workers who were sent on this free trip and had to work for 7 years without payment were called:

1. Slaves
2. Artisians
3. Indentured servants
4. Women

Quiz SOL 5

10.What country brought African slaves to Jamestown in 1619?

a. the English

b. the Dutch

c. the French

d. The Spanish

11. Jamestown and Roanoke were what kind of ventures?

a. religious

b. economic

c. adventure

d. fun

12. What is a tobacco bride? __________________________
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13. In Jamestown, 1619, the first government in the New World was formed. This was called.

a. Congress

b. the White House

c. The House ofBurgess

d. Senate

SOL 5a Quiz

14. The colony of Georgia was settled by what group of people?

a. Separatists from the Church of England

b. Debtors from Debtor’s prison seeking economic freedom and a new life.

c. Quakers

d. Stockholders from the Virginia Company

15. Plymouth Colony was settled by:

a. debtors seekingeconomic freedom

b. Separatists from the Church of England seeking religious freedom

c. separatists from the Church of England seeking wealth and gold.

d. Quakers wanting to practice their religion

16. The main reason that the separatists and Puritans came to America was to:

a. practice their religion freely

b. make money and have a good life

c. build a government

d. expand the land holdings for the King of England

17. Puritans who left the Church of England, established which colony to avoid religious persecution?

a. Jamestown

b. Massachusetts Bay

c. Pennsylvania

d. Georgia

18. Which colony was settled by Quakers looking for religious freedom?

a. New York

b. Pennsylvania

c. Rhode Island

d. Georgia.

19. Which colony was settled by people who had been in an English prison because they could not pay their debts?

a. Pennsylvania

b. Georgia

c. Massachusetts

d. New York

20. Pennsylvania, Massachusetts Bay, and Plymouth were all colonies founded for:

a. economic ventures

b. for King James

c. for religious reasons

d. for social reasons.

21. The Jamestown Colony was established as an economic venture by the:

a. Plymouth Company

b. Church of England

c. Jamestown Company

d. Virginia Company

22. Which colony was established by the Separatists, or Pilgrims, who wanted to separate from the church of England?

a. Plymouth

b. Georgia

c. New York

d. Roanoke Island

23. The main purpose of the settlers at Jamestown was to:

a. practice their own religion

b. study plants and animals

c. plant corn

d. make money for the Virginia Company by finding gold and riches.

24. Name the founder of Pennsylvania

a. John Smith

b. William Penn

c. John Adams

d. James Oglethorpe

25. Pennsylvania was established by what group of people who wanted religious freedom?

a. Pilgrims

b. Puritans

c. Quakers

d. Debtors

26. Name the leader or founder of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

a. William Penn

b. James Oglethorpe

c. John Winthrope

d. John Smith

27. Who signed the Mayflower Compact?

a. 41- men

b. 41 men and women

c. 41 men, women and children

d. King James I

28. What colonial group started schools?

a. Pilgrims

b. Debtors from England

c. Puritans

d. William and Mary, King and Queen of England

29. The Puritans wanted religious freedom. But, they

a. only wanted people there who liked King James I

b. only liked Puritan people

c. allowed all religions in their colony

d. none of the above

30. What event in 1690 turned the entire Massachusetts Colony into fear?

a. a hurricane

b. the witch hunt

c. attacks by the Native Americans

d. King James took away their charter.

31. What group of people interacted with the Native Americans in a fair way and kept treaties with them?

a. Puritans

b. Pilgrims

c. Quakers

d. Jamestown settlers

31. Who was the first governor of the Plymouth Colony?

a. John Smith

b. John Carver

c. John Rolfe

d. King John

32. A village or town in Massachusetts Bay Colony would be built around the:

a. meetinghouse

b. village green

c. farm land

d. school

33. If you were a Quaker, you would believe in going to war and becoming a soldier.

True

False