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All of the following were colonial regions EXCEPT
a) Southwestn
b) New England
c) Mid-Atlantic
d) Southern

The Jamestown settlement was-
a) the first permanent English settlement in North America
b) a debtor's prison
c) a farming community for the Quakers
d) A slave outpost

Why was the Roanoke Island Colony founded?
a) economic reasons
b) religious freedoms
c) as a way to escape debtor's prison
d) to replace the failed Jamestown Colony

Which early colony failed and is often referred to as the Lost Colony
a) Roanoke Colony
b) Quebec Colony
c) Plymouth Colony
d) Jamestown Colony

Quakers settled -
a) Pennsylvania
b) Jamestown
c) Plymouth Rock
d) Massachusetts Bay Colony

Georgia was settled by people who had been in -
a) Debtor's prison
b) the back country
c) religious isolation
d) factories

Who founded the Jamestown Colony
a) The Virginia Company of London
b) William Penn
c) James Oglethorpe
d) The Church of England

Which colony did the Puritans establish?
a) Massachusetts Bay colony
b) Plymouth
c) Pennsylvania
d) Georgia

Plymouth Colony was settled by people who wanted to separate themselves from the
a) The Church of England
b) The Pilgrims
c) The Quakers
d) The Virginia Company

What were the two main reasons the early colonies were founded?
a) Religious freedom and economic opportunity
b) Religious freedom and desire for new land
c) Glory and Religious freedom
d) Economic opportunity and fame

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