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CLEP US History I

Category - Diplomacy

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How did the Pilgrim’s arrival in Plymouth, Massachusetts in 1620 facilitate the expansion of the British Empire?
  1. They drove out the Spanish out of the region that it today New England.
  2. Their failure to go to Jamestown allowed the British to claim much of the east coast.
  3. It marked the first successful British settlement in the New World.
  4. Britain could then negotiate with the French to divide the territory in the Ohio Valley.
  5. The British had had lost a lot of territory in their Empire to the French.
Explanation
Answer: B - The Pilgrims expanded the British empire in 1620 because they had intended to go to Jamestown, Virginia but were blown of course and settled in Massachusetts, allowing the British to claim the east coast. Because the Pilgrims were a religious minority, even in England, they feared that they would face discrimination in Jamestown and did not have the supplies to travel down the east coast. England would then claim and colonize the territory between the two colonies.
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