Unit 2, Day 9: Building A Settlement

Multiple Choice

Match the correct term to its definition:

Claim territory and find new trade routes to Asia through Northwest Passage

• Middle Colonies

• Quakers

• American Revolution Era

• Reasons for Exploration

Multiple Choice

Match the correct term to its definition:

Rich farmland, moderate climate, grew oats, wheat, grain, and raised livestock

• Middle Colonies

• Quakers

• American Revolution Era

• Reasons for Exploration

Multiple Choice

Match the correct term to its definition:

Americans fought and formed their own country

• Middle Colonies

• Quakers

• American Revolution Era

• Reasons for Exploration

Multiple Choice

Match the correct term to its definition:

First anti-slavery group who lived in Pennsylvania

• Middle Colonies

• Quakers

• American Revolution Era

• Reasons for Exploration

Multiple Choice

Which characteristics best describe the English political traditions that impacted self-government in the colonies?

Promised certain rights to citizens 

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

Which characteristics best describe the English political traditions that impacted self-government in the colonies?

Group of elected individuals who make laws for their country 

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

Which characteristics best describe the English political traditions that impacted self-government in the colonies?

Forbade the king from being all-powerful  

• Magna Carta

• Parliament

• English Bill of Rights

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is NOT a trait of the First Great Awakening?

• Preachers like Jonathan Edwards became popular.

• People asked forgiveness for their sins to go to Heaven.

• It meant everyone had to wake up early in the morning to attend sunrise church service.

• All people are created equal in God’s eyes.

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Open Ended

Using the following scenorio, you need to answer the questions that are below. This is group work, so one of you is typing a paragraph that will start with EVERYONE's name that is in your group:

A printer in London is putting together a book for new colonists called “The Savvy Colonists’ Guide to the New World” and has asked you to contribute to the book. You will work with a group to write an informational column that explains the decisions you made as colonists, both good and bad. You will offer advice to these new colonists based on your own decisions and what you have learned about early settlements.

What lessons have you learned about being successful in the New World? 
What good decisions did you make?
What decisions do you wish you had made differently?