U.S. History - Unit 1 (SSUSH1b) Question Preview (ID: 59766)


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James Oglethorpe and 20 trustees were the founders of...
a) Georgia
b) Virginia
c) Carolina
d) Maryland

One significant reason for the creation of Georgia was...
a) to establish a buffer zone between Spanish Florida and South Carolina
b) to allow a homeland for Catholics
c) for cotton production
d) to prepare for fighting against the French

What was the last British colony established in North America before the American Revolution?
a) Georgia
b) Virginia
c) Maryland
d) Carolina

Due to the growing of cash crops in Carolina, which city became an important port?
a) Charleston
b) Raleigh
c) Columbia
d) Trenton

As more settlers arrived in Virginia to grow tobacco...
a) relations with the Powhatan Indians worsened
b) they joined forces with the Powhatan Indians
c) the Powhatan Indians retreated west of the Ohio River
d) the Powhatan Indians migrated to the Carolinas

Which Southern colony was created as a haven for Catholics to escape Protestant persecution?
a) Maryland
b) Georgia
c) Virgina
d) Carolina

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
a) Jamestown
b) Savannah
c) Charleston
d) Boston

The settlement at Jamestown began to thrive due to...
a) the growing of tobacco
b) the growing of rice
c) the growing of cotton
d) the growing of indigo

Most subsistence farmers in the Southern Colonies...
a) lived north of the Fall Line
b) lived south of the Fall Line
c) ###
d) ####

When the colonists arrived, disputes with local Indians usually began when...
a) the colonists tried to get more land
b) the colonists focused on subsistence farming
c) the colonists began growing rice and indigo
d) English soldiers arrived

Farmers in the Southern Colonies who typically focused on cash crops were located...
a) south of the Fall Line
b) north of the Fall Line
c) west of the Appalachian Mountains
d) in the western parts of the colonies

Compared to the New England and Mid-Atlantic Colonies, the Southern Colonies...
a) had a longer growing season and focused on agriculture
b) had less fertile soil
c) focused on corn and wheat
d) was not involved in mercantilism

John Smith and John Rolfe were important to the colony of...
a) Virginia
b) Maryland
c) Carolina
d) Georgia

Which of the following was an example of a Southern colony?
a) Georgia
b) Delaware
c) New York
d) New Jersey

Which of the following was NOT a Southern colony?
a) Pennsylvania
b) Virginia
c) Maryland
d) South Carolina

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