Colonialism

Question 1

What was the 1st major stronghold in North America during the period of colonialism?

A. New South Wales
B. Louisiana
C. Massachusetts Bay Colony
D. Jamestown Settlement Colony

Answer 1

Massachusetts Bay Colony (1628–1684)

Question 2

What was the first successful settlement in the New World?

Answer 2

Jamestown Settlement Colony (1607)

Question 3

In what year did the American Slave Trade flourish?

Answer 3

1640-1680

Question 4

Sir George Carteret and Lord Berkeley settled what area?

A. Virginia
B. New Jersey
C. Massachusetts
D. New York

Answer 4

New Jersey

Question 5

Virginia Company of London settled what area?

A. Virginia
B. New Jersey
C. Massachusetts
D. New York

Answer 5

Virginia

Question 6

Puritan refugees under Winthrop settled what area?

A. Virginia
B. New Jersey
C. Massachusetts
D. New York

Answer 6

Massachusetts

Question 7

What was the name of the official constitution of the Plymouth Colony and signed on 1620?

Answer 7

Mayflower Compact

Question 8

What was the key motivator for European colonialism?

Answer 8

Trade

Question 9

In what colony was the “Exeter Compact” signed in?

Answer 9

New Hampshire (1639)

Question 10

Who am I…?

I was a puritan banished from Massachusetts Bay Colony, and I established Exeter in New Hampshire.

Answer 10

John Wheelwright

Question 11

George Calvert is mostly associated with what colony?

Answer 11

Maryland