Question 8 (5 points)
Why is the Mayflower Compact important?

Question 8 options:

It stated that the Pilgrims would rule themselves.

It stated that the King would rule the Pilgrims.

It stated that all Puritans were welcome in Massachusetts.

It stated the Pilgrims would follow the rules of Virginia Company.

Question 9 (5 points)
Why did the middle colonies grow quickly?

Question 9 options:

Their population was mostly indentured servants looking to get to the New World.

They only accepted a certain type of person in their colonies.

The land wasn’t easy to farm so they needed more people to work.

They were in a good commercial location between New England and the Southern colonies.

Question 10 (5 points)
Which colony was first settled by Dutch settlers?

Question 10 options:

Virginia

Maryland

Pennsylvania

New York

Question 11 (5 points)
Which colony was established as a second chance for debtors to the English government?

Question 11 options:

North Carolina

Virginia

South Carolina

Georgia

Question 12 (5 points)
The majority of the population in the South belonged to what social class?

Question 12 options:

Middle class merchants

Yeoman farmers, indentured servants, or slaves

Plantation owners

Middle class farmers

Question 13 (5 points)
How did most slaves come to America?

Question 13 options:

Taken from native peoples who were here

As indentured servants from Europe

On the Middle Passage in slave ships

Bought from native populations in the West Indies

Question 14 (5 points)
How did the first Africans arrive to the Americas?

Question 14 options:

As Puritans in Massachusetts

As free men in Pennsylvania

As indentured servants in Jamestown

As slaves in Jamestown

Question 15 (5 points)
How many slaves achieved freedom in Colonial America?

Question 15 options:

Most slaves

No slaves

Few slaves

All slaves