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Grade 6 Colonial Period
Which leader of Jamestown from 1608 to 1609 created a forced-work program to ensure the survival of the colony?
  1. Christopher Newport
  2. Walter Raleigh
  3. John Smith
  4. King Philip
Grade 6 Colonial Period
The Intolerable Acts were a direct response to what event?
  1. Boston Massacre
  2. Boston Tea Party
  3. Seven Years' War
  4. Battles of Lexington and Concord
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What group helped the Pilgrims survive at Plymouth Colony?
  1. the Norse
  2. the Dutch
  3. the Ojibwe
  4. the Wampanoag
Grade 6 Colonial Period
In which modern-day state was Jamestown located?
  1. Massachusetts
  2. New York
  3. Virginia
  4. Florida
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What was the first permanent English settlement in America?
  1. Williamsburg
  2. Jamestown
  3. St. Augustine
  4. Roanoke
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Who led the rebellion that burned Jamestown in 1676?
  1. John Smith
  2. William Berkeley
  3. Nathaniel Bacon
  4. William Bradford
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Which colonist married chief Powhatan's daughter Pocahontas?
  1. John Smith
  2. John Rolfe
  3. Walter Raleigh
  4. Myles Standish
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Nathaniel Bacon led a rebellion in which colonial town?
  1. Plymouth
  2. New York
  3. Jamestown
  4. Providence
Grade 6 Colonial Period
How many Intolerable Acts were there?
  1. 2
  2. 3
  3. 5
  4. 7
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Jamestown was named after King James I of England.
  1. True
  2. False
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What was the name of the trade boycott with England created by the Continental Congress?
  1. Continental Association
  2. Continental System
  3. Anaconda Plan
  4. Boston Port Act
Grade 6 Colonial Period
Parliament passed the Intolerable Acts in what year?
  1. 1770
  2. 1774
  3. 1776
  4. 1780
Grade 6 Colonial Period
What name was given to the winter of 1608-09?
  1. the Great Famine
  2. the Starving Time
  3. the Long Winter
  4. the Lean Time
Grade 6 Colonial Period
This colony was the first successful permanent British colony in North America.
  1. Roanoke
  2. Plymouth
  3. Jamestown
  4. St. Augustine
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