History Chapter 2

Which European power claimed New York before the British acquired it?

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Which European power claimed New York before the British acquired it?

Which of the following correctly matches the colony to the religious group that settled it?

Massachusetts Bay - Puritans

In contrast to the colonists who settled New England, the colonists who settled in the Chesapeake were driven more by __________ motives.

A system of land distribution centered on __________ contributed to the growth of the servile labor force in Virginia in the seventeenth century.

What was the name of the representative assembly established in colonial Virginia?

House of Burgesses

Which of the following terms refers to people from Europe who agreed to serve a master for a stated number of years in exchange for transportation to America?

indentured servants

The charter of which colony sought to recreate the feudal system in North America?

Which of the following was the site of a community of free blacks in seventeenth-century Virginia?

Pungoteague Creek

Which of the following represents the Pilgrims' commitment to form a civil government in Plymouth Colony?

Mayflower Compact

The Puritans were products of the __________.

Protestant Reformation