Welcome to American History Trivia Knowledge where we will be asking you a handful of questions regarding the old times of the United States of America. We’ll be talking about Jamestown, Plymouth Plantation, the English colonies, the New England settlers, and much more. How much do you know? Let’s find out.
A lack of aristocratic gentlemen
A location that was too dry
Insufficient reinforcements
The debilitating effects of malaria
The total absence of leadership
John Smith
William Bradford
John Rolfe
William Berkeley
Nathaniel Bacon
They business enterprises designed to produce a profit
They made efforts to blend English society with native societies
They were part of a complex and changing society
They could not get things to work as they had planned
They were tied only indirectly to the British crown
All of the answers below
Were a threat to the existence of a godly community
Hindered migration into the Connecticut Valley
Should be converted and civilized
Should serve as partners in trading ventures
It was established as a retreat for English Catholics
It experienced no starving time like the colony in Virginia
It drew both Catholic and Protestant immigrants
It was attacked early and often by neighboring Indians
It copied part of Virginia’s economic and social system
They prohibited slavery
They had a written constitution that almost everyone ignored
The settlement was formed in part from the original Virginia grant
The proprietors had extensive powers from the king
They welcomed settlers from any Christian faith
Sided with the Roundheads in the English Civil War
Refused requests to sponsor exploration of the Blue Ridge Mountains
Removed Lord Baltimore from office without consulting the people
Opposed immigration that resulted from the headright system
Restricted the right to vote to wealthy landowners
It was granted less local autonomy than other colonial experiments
It was more Puritan than Separatist
It included family groups from the onset
It quickly produced several settlements
It developed a small fur trade with local Indians
Encouraged private companies to launch new colonies
Issued charters for four new colonies in North America
Resumed the search for quick profits from the New World
Appointed Catholic governors in New England
Lost his crown and his head in conflicts with Parliament
Succeeded due to large gold reserves in Virginia
Established trading centers in cities on the eastern seaboard
Resulted in the empowerment of Native Americans
Failed to establish a significant cash crop
Resolved economic differences with European rivals
All of the answers below
Slaves
Representative government
Rum
Strict rules of governing
Finding gold reserves in the James River
The discovery that tobacco would grow well there
The resistance of the settlers to the cruelty of the English governors
Peaceful relations between the English and the Indians
The resistance to native diseases developed by the settlers
Hartford
New Haven
Exeter
Providence
Salem
Governor Dale signed a peace treaty with the Powhatans in 1608
John Smith’s life was saved by Pocahontas
John Rolfe married Pocahontas in 1614
The English put down the Indian attacks of 1622
The colonists suppressed the uprising of 1644
All of the answers below
Was evidence of the struggle over land between Indians and whites
Revealed the bitterness of competition between easterners and westerners
Led to an increase in the reliance on African slave labor
Showed that poor farmers had significant grievances
Those who were not among God’s elect had no right to spiritual office
Her local minister was uninspiring
Women should have a more important role in religion
The church and the government should be completely separate
Sainted individuals of her day could communicate directly with the Holy Spirit
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