The Aim/s and objectives being tested with this quiz are as follows:
Where is Jamestown and what happened there?
What was life like in the New England Colonies?
PART A: Short answer
Directions: Answer the three questions below on your own paper. Your response must be at least one paragraph long for each question. You can use all of your notes. 30 points! (10 pts each)
The following criteria will be used to assess your short answer response:
A. Selects and includes appropriate information and arguments
Highlight every term used in your responses.
1 – The settlers of Jamestown, the second English settlement, were struck by hunger and disease. Why did this happen? How did Jamestown prosper afterwards?
Terms to use: English settlers, Chesapeake Bay, 1607, gold, swamp, starvation, tobacco, private ownership, competition (compete).
2 – What are the reasons people might have left Europe to settle in America? Describe the two English groups that left Europe for the New World and their reasons for leaving their homeland.
Terms to use: Religious persecution, Anglican Church, Puritan, Pilgrims, Plymouth, 1619.
3 – Why were the Mayflower Compact and Fundamental Orders of Connecticut so significant in the English Colonies?
Terms to use: Mayflower Compact, representative government
