Week 2, Day 4 SS

Multiple Choice

How did the influence of Quakerism impact Pennsylvania's relationship with the Native Americans?

• A belief in the value of all human life led this colony to treat the Native Americans with respect.

• A belief in divine right led the colony to require the Native Americans to swear allegiance to the colonial leader.

• A belief in each individual's inner light led the colony to great equal rights to Native Americans.

• A belief in religious and racial superiority led to conflicts between the colony and Native Americans.

Multiple Choice

This is an artist's drawing of Savannah, Georgia in 1734, one year after it was founded.

How is this drawing reflective of the circumstances in which the Georgia colony was founded?

• As one of the oldest colonies, Savannah's streets and houses had developed over time and were not arranged in an orderly manner.

• The founders of Georgia set out to establish a colony based on plantation farming without using slaves.

• Georgia was created after careful planning to reflect an ideal social order with strict laws about behavior and morals.

• Savannah was connected to many other towns by way of roads built by slave labor before most of the settlers even arrived.

Multiple Choice

What prevented the New England colonies from establishing economies based on cash crop farming like the southern colonies?

• Puritans believed individuals should develop unique skills that would benefit the community as a whole.

• Land in New England was scarce since settlers believed they should pay the Native Americans for the land.

• Puritans believed slavery was a sin, so they did not have access to a large labor force.

• The rocky soil and cooler climate of New England were not conducive to large-scale farming.

Multiple Choice

What was the motivating factor behind the settlement of the southern colonies?

• religious freedom

• cultural development

• religious intolerance

• economic gain

Multiple Choice

This is an excerpt from a letter sent by lieutenant governor of the South Carolina colony to British Parliament in 1739.

What event is described in this letter?

• Bacon's Rebellion

• Cherokee War

• Regulator Movement

• Stono Rebellion