Chapter 3 The English Establish 13 Colonies
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Questions and Answers
- 1.What was the first permanent English colony in North America?
- A.
Plymouth
- B.
Jamestown
- C.
Providence
- D.
Portsmouth
- 2.When was the first permanent English colony in North America founded?
- A.
1606
- B.
1607
- C.
1610
- D.
1620
- 3.What do you call a company backed by investors, people who put money into a project to earn a profit.
- A.
Joint - stock company
- B.
Investment company
- C.
Corparation
- D.
Poject investment company
- 4.Leader who brought discipline to the colony at Jamestown and established trade with the Native Americans
- A.
John Jackson
- B.
John Johnson
- C.
John Smith
- D.
William Bradford
- 5.What was the main reason for establishing the colony at Jamestown?
- A.
Religious freedom
- B.
Wealth
- C.
Spread Christianity
- D.
Find a new trade route to Asia
- 6.Who were the Pilgrims?
- A.
A group of people who wanted to seperate themselves from the Church of England.
- B.
Missionaries from Spain who wanted to build missions in North America.
- C.
Englishmen looking to find wealth in the New World.
- D.
Soldiers who fought in the Crusades
- 7.Why was the colony of Plymouth founded?
- A.
Wealth
- B.
Religious freedom
- C.
As a refuge for escaped prisoners
- D.
As a center for the slave trade
- 8.When was Plymouth founded?
- A.
1607
- B.
1617
- C.
1618
- D.
1620
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