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Summary
During the era of exploration, the Spanish established an empire in North and South America. In the meantime, the English, French, and Dutch were founding colonies of their own. These included the English settlements of Jamestown in Virginia and Plymouth in Massachusett====

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Early Colonists Practice Questions 1) How did Squanto learn English? 2) What was the main goal of creating the House of Burgesses? 3) Why is it important that the Pilgrims did not make it to Virginia? 4) What created a system of inequality based on race? 5) Which summary is the best way to understand how the colonists got to Plymouth? 6) What was the purpose of the Mayflower Compact? 7) Why did the Pilgrims want to come to the Americas? 8) On the Mayflower, were Pilgrims the majority or the minority? 9) How did Pocohontas help create a new society in Jamestown? 10) What happened to make the Pilgrims land in Massachusetts and not Virginia? 11) How were Native Americans in Plymouth affected by the plague? 12) Why is the plague important to know about? 13) What did the slave codes (laws) do for the rich? 14) What happened to the English settlement at Roanoke? 15) Who tried to help Jamestown succeed? 16) Why was Squanto friendly to incoming colonists? 17) How did Squanto learn English? 18) How did the plague spread from England to the Americas? 19) Why is Squanto important to know about? 20) How do the slave codes connect to our society now? 21) How did the disease that hit the Native Americans affect the colonists at Plymouth? 22) Why did the majority of the people on the Mayflower want to go to Jamestown? 23) How did Native Americans help Pilgrims?

Know these questions! 1) Which colony was known as a debtor’s colony? 2) Which colonies grew mainly cash crops? 3) Why is the plantation system important to know? 4) Which colony was a puritan Christian colony? 5) What was being shipped from the Caribbean to the 13 colonies? 6) What was Maryland known to be? 7) Why did colonists move from Massachusetts to other colonies? 8) What went to Africa from England in the Triangle Trade? 9) What did the middle colonies do to make money? 10) Why is the Zenger Trial important to know? 11) What do you notice about slavery in the north? 12) What were the New England colonies known for? 13) What made the economy of the colonies prosper? 14) Which colony was known as a Quaker colony? 15) Why was it a mistake by the British Empire to allow the New England colonies to make finished products? 16) Where do most finished products go in the British Empire? 17) Which of the following is a cash crop? 18) Which of the following colonies was considered to be a New England colony? 19) Which colony was most involved in slave trading? 20) Jamestown was settled by the English before Plymouth.