Colonization/American Revolution Online Quiz

Valley Forge was a harsh winter encampment characterized by extreme cold, hunger, and disease, not a successful summer of training.

Thomas Paine wrote Common Sense, while Thomas Jefferson is best known for writing the Declaration of Independence.

England actually gained land from France after the French and Indian War, rather than losing it.

Mercantilism is the economic theory that colonies exist to enrich the mother country through controlled trade.

Fishing and shipbuilding were primary industries in the Northern (New England) colonies, not the Southern colonies, which focused on agriculture.

Plantations of cash crops were the hallmark of the Southern colonies, not the Northern colonies.

The Middle Passage was the brutal sea journey that transported enslaved Africans across the Atlantic to the Americas.

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is widely considered the first written constitution in the American colonies.

The Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619, was the first representative assembly in the English colonies.

The Mayflower Compact, signed in 1620, is recognized as the first agreement for self-government in the Plymouth Colony.

Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers, who promoted equality and pacifism.

Roger Williams founded Rhode Island after being banished from Massachusetts, establishing it as a place for religious freedom.

Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company primarily as a commercial venture to seek profit and resources like gold.

Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in North America, established in 1607. Plymouth Colony was established by the Pilgrims in 1620.

European exploration was primarily driven by economic gain (Gold), religious expansion (God), and national prestige (Glory). Meeting natives was a consequence of exploration, not a primary motivation or reason for the voyages.