Colonial America

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The Birth of our Country
Mallika D
Quiz by Mallika D, updated more than 1 year ago
Mallika D
Created by Mallika D about 8 years ago
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Question 1

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Why did the Puritans create the Massachusetts Bay colony?
Answer
  • The Puritans were looking for gold and glory.
  • The Puritans were were trying to get revenge on the Native Americans for stealing their goats.
  • The Puritans were seeking a safe place to practice religion.
  • The Puritans were looking to build a flourishing economy and trade.

Question 2

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The Mayflower Compact and the House of Burgesses were similar in the way that they both had the idea of central government.
Answer
  • True
  • False

Question 3

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Name 3 reasons that England decided to colonize North America.
Answer
  • They wanted to find Africa.
  • They wanted market for English goods.
  • They wanted to find the Hudson River.
  • They wanted to plant the Catholic faith in the Americas.
  • They wanted to plant the Protestant faith in the Americas.
  • They wanted the King to find his wife.
  • They wanted new resources only to purify their spiritual waters.
  • They wanted to become more powerful from the new resources.
  • They wanted to make more allies for battling against the French, Spanish, and Portuguese.

Question 4

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The founders of the Jamestown Colony made sure that more money was invested in the Jamestown colony by making Jamestown a [blank_start]joint-stock company[blank_end] and [blank_start]investors[blank_end] bought [blank_start]stocks[blank_end] in the colony.
Answer
  • joint-stock company
  • investors
  • stocks
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