2. Document Projects for Exploring American Histories, Document Project 2: Comparing Virginia and Massachusetts Bay Colonies

**Quiz for Document 2.4: Richard Frethorne, Letter Home from Virginia (1623)**

Quiz for Document 2.4: Richard Frethorne, Letter Home from Virginia (1623)

Select the best answer for each question. Click the “submit” button for each question to turn in your work.

1. Richard Frethorne’s letter to his parents supports which of the following conclusions?

Many English migrants regretted their decision to settle in the Virginia colony.

Indentured servants died at a much higher rate than those who came to Virginia as free men.

Frethorne’s master was crueler and more exploitative than the typical Jamestown planter.

The natural resources in the Virginia colony were sparse and very hard to obtain.

2. Frethorne’s letter makes reference to “the Enimy” that he and his associates must fight. Which of the following are the enemy he describes?

Spaniards

Pirates

Local Indians

Rebel slaves

3. According to Frethorne, his life was miserable because of hard work, constant hunger, and

lack of sleep.

loneliness.

sickness.

poor pay.

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