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What is the important of the Mayflower Compact in US History?
a) First form of Self-Government document.
b) Opportunity for the King to rule in America.
c) The people decide which Mother Country to honor.
d) The first contact for slavery.

The New England climate prevented the colonists from doing what?
a) large cash crop farming
b) Fishing and Whaling
c) Shipbuilding
d) Subsistence Farming

The Pilgrims founded this colony:
a) Plymouth
b) Jamestown
c) Georgia
d) Salem

How did the colonists in New England profit from the lush forests?
a) lumber and furs
b) fishing and whaling
c) clearing forests for cash crops
d) mining for gold

What mountain range is near New England?
a) Appalachian Mountains
b) Rocky Moutains
c) Sierra Nevada
d) Mississippi River

What year did the Pilgrims land in America?
a) 1620
b) 1607
c) 1776
d) 1803

Who is the Mother Country of New England?
a) England
b) Spain
c) France
d) Netherlands

Which colonies are in the New England region?
a) Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
b) New York, Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
c) Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
d) Texas, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas

Squanto helping the Pilgrims survive their first winter is honored by which holiday in United States?
a) Thanksgiving
b) Christmas
c) Hanukkah
d) Fourth of July

Which answer choice best explains Mercantilism?
a) Power and wealth for the mother country
b) Power and wealth for the colonists
c) Power and wealth for the enemy
d) Power and wealth for the government

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