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What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
a) Jamestown
b) Maryland
c) Massachusetts Bay
d) Providence

What two things made up the Southern economy?
a) Indentured servants and agriculture
b) Indentured servants and fishing
c) Slavery and agriculture
d) Slavery and fishing

Who is Jamestown named after?
a) King James I
b) King James II
c) Kings James III
d) Lebron James

How many colonists died in the first winter at Jamestown?
a) 1/3
b) 2/3
c) 3/4
d) 1/2

What Indian tribe helped the settlers of Jamestown?
a) Cheyenne
b) Powhattan
c) Sioux
d) Wampanoag

What was the Headright System?
a) Colonists received 50 acres of land and an additional 50 acres for each person they brought.
b) Colonists received 100 acres of land and an additional 100 acres for each person they brought.
c) Colonists were granted their own territory to govern if they brought 50 people with them.
d) Colonists were granted positions in government for surviving through the winter.

A form of government in which people rule themselves.
a) Aristocracy
b) Democracy
c) Monarchy
d) Socialism

Hired soldiers that are paid to fight in a war that does not involve them are called what?
a) Loyalists
b) Mercenaries
c) Patriots
d) Redcoats

Hessians who helped fight for the British were from what country?
a) Austria
b) Germany
c) France
d) Spain

What were indentured servants?
a) People who agreed to work without pay for a period of time to cancel out debt.
b) People who had committed crimes and had to work to avoid years of jail time.
c) People who served government officials for political interests.
d) People who were forced into slavery because they were unemployed.

The first Thanksgiving was celebrated with which Indian tribe?
a) Cheyenne
b) Powhattan
c) Sioux
d) Wampanoag

What are cash crops?
a) crops that are grown and made into grain for animals
b) crops that are grown for personal use
c) crops that are grown and sold at a high dollar value
d) none of the above

What are staple crops?
a) crops that are always needed
b) crops that are not used for food
c) crops that have a seasonal demand
d) none of the above

Colonists who chose to fight against Great Britain for Independence were known as what?
a) Loyalists
b) Mercenaries
c) Patriots
d) Redcoats

Colonists who chose to side with the British were known as what?
a) Loyalists
b) Mercenaries
c) Patriots
d) Redcoats

The local militia from various colonies were referred to as what?
a) Continentals
b) Mercenaries
c) Minutemen
d) Redcoats

This Frenchmen volunteered to fight for the colonists and even donated $200,000 of his own money for the cause.
a) Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
b) Bernardo De Galvez
c) George Rogers Clark
d) Marquis De Lafayette

This person helped train the American Militia and turned them into an elite fighting force
a) Baron Friedrich Von Steuben
b) Bernardo De Galvez
c) George Rogers Clark
d) Marquis De Lafayette

A type of fighting that involves swift hit-and-run attacks
a) Formation Warfare
b) Guerrilla Warfare
c) Naval Warfare
d) Trench Warfare

A nickname given to British soldiers because of their attire.
a) Loyalists
b) Mercenaries
c) Patriots
d) Redcoats

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