Week 2, Day 2 SS

Multiple Choice

How did the founding of Pennsylvania as a haven for Quakers impact its development as a colony?

• The Quaker belief in tolerance for all people led to diversity in the colony.

• The Quaker belief in equality caused it to be the only colony that forbid slavery.

• The Quaker belief in fairness made it the first colony to allow women to vote.

• The Quaker belief in simplicity discouraged many settlers from moving to the colony.

Multiple Choice

This is a list of some characteristics of one of the English colonies.

Which characteristic would complete this chart?

• started as a colony for prisoners

• founded as a haven for Quakers

• purchased the land from Native Americans

• allowed women to own land and vote

Multiple Choice

Roger is a single mane who is hoping to make money in the New World. He has heard good things about a new crop called tobacco. In which colonial area is he likely to settle?

• the New England colonies

• the Mid-Atlantic colonies

• the western territories

• the southern colonies

Multiple Choice

Which best describes the immigrants coming to the colony of South Carolina?

• They were all seeking religious freedom.

• They were all from Britain or Africa.

• They were all plantation farmers.

• They were from diverse backgrounds.

Multiple Choice

This quote describes conditions experienced by some people who came to the colonies.

Which group experienced these conditions?

• indentured servants traveling on trade ships

• militiamen traveling on naval ships

• prisoners traveling to the Georgia colony

• slaves traveling on the Middle Passage