Humanities › History & Culture Check Your Knowledge: Early Settlement of America Share Flipboard Email The Road to American Independence Introduction A ‘New World’ Discovered The First New World Voyage of Christopher Columbus La Navidad: First European Settlement in the Americas The Second Voyage of Christopher Columbus Exploration After Columbus The Man Who Named America The American Indian Slave Trade Check Your Knowledge: A 'New World' Discovered Early Settlement of America The Virginia Colony Essential Facts About Jamestown The Mayflower Compact The Plymouth Colony Check Your Knowledge: Early Settlement The Original 13 British Colonies The Early American Colonial Regions Characteristics of New England Colonies Governments of the Original Thirteen Colonies The Original 13 US States Quick Chart of the Thirteen Original Colonies Check Your Knowledge: Original 13 Colonies Dissent Turns to Revolution The Root Causes of the American Revolution The Albany Plan of Union The Boston Massacre Currency Act of 1764 The Stamp Act of 1765 Who Were the Sons of Liberty? The Boston Tea Party The Intolerable Acts Check Your Knowledge: Dissent Turns to Revolution The American Revolution Begins The Battles of Lexington and Concord The Siege of Boston Battle of Yorktown The Treaty of Paris 1783 America's Top Founding Fathers The Declaration of Independence Check Your Knowledge: American Revolution Begins Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620. Painting by W.J. Aylward. Harold M. Lambert/Kean Collection/Archive Photos/Getty Images By ThoughtCo Team Published on June 22, 2018 1. What was the name of Great Britain's first settlement in North America? Plymouth Jamestown Virginia Burgesses Correct Wrong In 1607, Jamestown became Great Britain's first settlement in North America. Jamestown is located in Virginia, which was made a royal colony in 1624. 2. The purpose of the Mayflower Compact was: To improve quality of life during the "Starving Time" To charter the ship that the Pilgrims sailed to the New World To foster an alliance between colonists and Native Americans To establish rules and regulations for a new government Correct Wrong The Mayflower Compact of 1620 was signed while the Pilgrims were still aboard the Mayflower. It was a social contract whereby the 41 signatories agreed to abide by the rules and regulations of the new government in order to ensure civil order and their own survival. Today, historians generally agree that the Mayflower Compact influenced the Declaration of Independence and U.S. Constitution. 3. What was the primary motivator for most of the Plymouth Colony settlers? Freedom of religion Financial profit Principles of self-governance Escape from poverty and disease Correct Wrong Unlike the settlers of Jamestown, who traveled to North America seeking financial profit, most of the Plymouth colonists were Puritans seeking the freedom of religion that had been denied to them by England. Check Your Knowledge: Early Settlement of America You got: % Correct. Nice try! Review these resources to improve your score: The Virginia Colony The Mayflower Compact of 1620 The Plymouth Colony Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email Check Your Knowledge: Early Settlement of America You got: % Correct. Great work! You clearly understand how and why early American settlements were established. Get ready to learn about the original 13 colonies. Share Your Results Share Flipboard Email