The New England Colonies

Question 1

Why were indentured servants needed in Virginia?

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because growing tobacco required a large number of workers

Question 2

How were representatives chosen for the House of Burgesses? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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They were elected by Virginia colony residents.; Each settlement elected two members.

Question 3

The founded the Virginia colony.

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Virginia Company

Question 4

The government took over the Virginia colony because too many colonists had died.

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British

Question 5

and worked on the tobacco plantations.

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Indentured servants

Question 6

and worked on the tobacco plantations.

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House of Burgesses

Question 7

How was the Carolina colony similar to Virginia? Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Both became royal colonies.; Both had a degree of self-government.

Question 8

Which statement best describes the economy of the Carolinas?

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The South had more plantations than the North.

Question 9

Why were colonial relationships with local American Indian tribes strained in the Carolinas?Check all of the boxes that apply.

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Colonists enslaved captured American Indians.; American Indians were losing land to the colonists.

Question 10

What were two reasons Georgia was created?Check any of the boxes that apply.

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as a military barrier; for charity

The New England Colonies Answers