British Colonial America Quiz

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Why did the French and Spanish believe New England was uninhabitable?

hostile Native Americans

the lack of food

the extreme winters

cholera and dysentary

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When did the British begin thinking about colonizing America?

after they achieved control of Ireland

after the American Revolution

after the Potato Famine

after the Black Plague

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Who was Virginia named after?

Queen Mary

Queen Victoria

Queen Elizabeth I

Queen Anne

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What brought American colonization to a halt in 1585?

Nine Years War

English Civil Wars

Bohemian Revolt

British/Spanish War

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What was the British Law called that fenced off lands and costs half of the peasants their property?

enclosure

feudalism

indentured servitude

lay investiture

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What were the private investors from southwestern England called?

Puritans

Tories

West Country Men

Quakers

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What kept John White from returning to Roanoke?

the Spanish Armada

small pox

he lacked the funding

he became ill on his return to England

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Who sent the first 100 colonists to Roanoke?

John White

King Ferdinand

Christopher Columbus

Sir Walter Raleigh

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How many of the original 104 Jamestown settlers were alive 9 months later?

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What caused the population of the colonies to explode in 1616?

they discovered a cure for small pox

Europe was overrun with the Black Plague

they emptied the European prisons

tobacco harvesting

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