
Colonial America
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- Q1By 1750, Dutch colonies stretched for hundreds of miles along the Atlantic coast.FALSETRUE30s
- Q2The settlers of Roanoke vanished around 1590, never to be seen again.TRUEFALSE30s
- Q3The Pilgrims first dropped anchor in Cape Cod Bay.TRUEFALSE30s
- Q4The word “Pennsylvania” means “Penn’s experiment.”TRUEFALSE30s
- Q5A constitution is a list of a government’s fundamental laws.FALSETRUE30s
- Q6one of New Jersey’s proprietorsWilliam BerkeleyHouse of BurgessesThomas HookerLord John Berkeley30s
- Q7A Pilgrim colonyPlymouthHouse of BurgessesJamestown30s
- Q8Jamestown’s legislative assemblyPlymouthJamestownHouse of Burgesses30s
- Q9founder of Hartford, ConnecticutLord John BerkeleyThomas HookerWilliam Berkeley30s
- Q10Virginia’s governorLord John BerkeleyThomas HookerWilliam Berkeley30s
- Q11The Jamestown settlers made a profit for their investors by raisingtobaccocottonmaizewheat30s
- Q12What did groups of merchants obtain from the British king in order to start settlements in America?pledgescompactschartersstocks30s
- Q13Protestants who left the Anglican Church and established their own churches were calledAnglicansPuritansNew AnglicansSeparatists30s
- Q14The Massachusetts Bay Company was granted a charter to establish a colony north ofBostonRhode IslandPlymouthMayflower30s
- Q15Pacifists are people whoserve in government office.sail in the Pacific Ocean.explore new territories.refuse to fight in wars.30s