Why is the Mayflower Compact important?

Question 8 options:

It stated that all Puritans were welcome in Massachusetts.

It stated that the Pilgrims would rule themselves.

It stated that the King would rule the Pilgrims.

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:

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

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

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

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

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

Question 10 options:

New York

Virginia

Maryland

Pennsylvania

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

Question 11 options:

Virginia

Georgia

North Carolina

South Carolina

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

Question 12 options:

Middle class farmers

Yeoman farmers, indentured servants, or slaves

Middle class merchants

Plantation owners

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

Question 13 options:

On the Middle Passage in slave ships

Taken from native peoples who were here

Bought from native populations in the West Indies

As indentured servants from Europe

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

Question 14 options:

As slaves in Jamestown

As Puritans in Massachusetts

As free men in Pennsylvania

As indentured servants in Jamestown

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

Question 15 options:

No slaves

Few slaves

All slaves

Most slaves