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How the Colonies Began
Unit 1 Test
Name:
Part 1: Main Ideas Write the letter of the term or name that best completes each sentence. (1 point each)
A. indentured servants
B. headright system
C. Separatists
D. Roger Williams
E. Juan Ponce de León
F. Hernándo Cortés
G. William Penn
H. Chief Metacom
I. encomienda
J. Jamestown
______ 1. People known as ___ agreed to a limited term of servitude in exchange for passage to North
America as well as food and shelter.
______2. Settlers in ___, the first American settlement, planned only to search for gold and not to farm.
______ 3. Under the ___, anyone who paid for passage to Virginia received 50 acres of land.
______4. Pilgrims were ___ who escaped persecution in England and founded the Plymouth Colony.
______ 5. ___ founded Providence as a place where people could worship as they chose, not as the
government dictated.
______ 6. In King Philip’s War, ___ waged war on the Puritan settlements throughout New England.
______ 7. Philadelphia, the “City of Brotherly Love,” was planned by ___.
B. Terms and Names Write the letter of the best answer. ( 1 point each)
______ 8. To John Smith’s dismay, the settlers in Jamestown directed most of
their energy toward
a. clearing land.
b. trading with the Powhatan.
c. worshiping God.
d. searching for gold and other riches.
______ 9. As more and more settlers arrived in Jamestown, relations between
the settlers and the Powhatan peoples
a. worsened.
b. improved slightly.
c. stayed about the same.
d. improved dramatically.
______10. Which of the following turned Jamestown into a profitable enterprise?
a. gold
b. timber
c. corn
d. tobacco
______ 11. To encourage settlers to come to Jamestown, the headright system
offered them
a. land.
b. profit-sharing.
c. employment.
d. passage to Virginia.
______ 12. In the early years of the Virginia colony, a field laborer was most
likely to be
a. a slave.
b. a landholder.
c. a Powhatan.
d. an indentured servant or a former indentured servant.
______ 13. Which of the following occurred as a result of Virginia’s being made a
royal colony?
a. Colonists had to pay taxes to the king.
b. It came under the direct control of the king.
c. Joint-stock companies became willing to invest in the colony.
d. The king received one-fifth of the gold and silver found there.
______ 14. Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion of
a. Native Americans against the English.
b. indentured servants against their masters.
c. frontier colonists against the Virginia government.
d. African field laborers against English landowners.
_____ 15. The main goal of the colonists who settled the Plymouth and Massachusetts
Bay colonies was to
A. find gold.
B. grow tobacco.
C. develop a fur trade.
D. practice their religion freely.
_____ 16. The first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony was
A. John Smith.
B. John Winthrop.
C. Roger Williams.
D. King Philip.
_____ 17. The founder of the colony of Providence was
A. Anne Hutchinson.
B. John Winthrop.
C. Roger Williams.
D. William Bradford.
_____ 18. The Puritan dissenter who believed that worshipers should interpret the
Bible themselves without the help of the church or its ministers was
A. Anne Hutchinson.
B. John Winthrop.
C. Roger Williams.
D. William Bradford.
____ 19. Unlike settlers in Virginia, the majority of Puritans who came to North
America were
A. single men.
B. single women.
C. families.
D. elderly couples.
_____ 20. The main dispute between Native Americans and New England settlers
was over
A. land.
B. trade.
C. religion.
D. tobacco.
C. Terms and Names Write N if the statement is true of New Netherland. Write P if the statement is true of
Pennsylvania. Write B if it is true of both colonies.( 2 points each)
______ 21. It was a “holy experiment.”
______ 22. It was founded by the Dutch.
______23. It was captured by the English.
______ 24. Its first colonists were Quakers.
______ 25. It was founded by an individual.
______ 26. It had a large African population.
______ 27. Some of its settlers owned slaves.
______ 28. Its economy was based on the fur trade.
______ 29. It was given to William Penn to pay a debt.
______ 30. It attracted settlers desiring religious freedom.
______ 31. Its capital was known as the “city of brotherly love.”
______ 32. Its need to attract colonists led to a diverse population.
______ 33. After being taken over by an English fleet, its proprietor was the Duke of York.
______ 34. In general, its settlers enjoyed friendlier relations with the Native
Americans than did the English settlers in New England and Virginia.
D. Short Answer Please answer in complete sentences ( 5 points each)
35. How did the funding for England’s early colonies differ from those of Spain?
36. How did the English pattern of conquest differ from that of the Spanish?
Extended Response
Answer the following question in a short essay on the back of this paper. (10 points each)
37. Compare and contrast how Native Americans and Europeans viewed the relationship between human
beings and land. Could these two viewpoints have coexisted peacefully in America? Explain your
opinion. Think About:
• how the two groups used land
• the issue of ownership
• Native Americans’ and Europeans’ interpretations of land treaties
• how conflicts over land were usually settled between the two groups