13 Colonies

Multiple Choice

Why were the New England colonies founded?

• The colonists were looking for religious freedom

• The land was great for farming

• There were better jobs in the colonies

• It's where the explorers landed, so that's where they built the colony

Multiple Choice

Which right was guaranteed in most governments in the Middle colonies?

• Freedom of speech

• Freedom of press

• Freedom of religion

• Right to bear arms

Multiple Choice

What is the nickname of the Middle Colonies?

• The First Colonies

• Old Dominion Colonies

• Breadbasket Colonies

• Political Colonies

Multiple Choice

Large farms in the Southern Colonies

• Virginia

• Gullahs

• plantations

• crop houses

Multiple Choice

A crop that is sold for a profit is a

• cash crop
• subsistence crop
• corn field
• benefit crop

Multiple Choice

The main reason most settlers came to the Southern Colonies was that they wanted

• to expand their trading companies
• warmer weather
• to own a farm
• religious freedom

Multiple Choice

Laws outlining the rights of slave owners and the enslaved

• Indigenous Americans

• Indentured

• Debtors

• slave codes

Multiple Choice

Someone who works for a certain amount of time and then is given their freedom.

• indentured servant

• slave

• colonist

• abolitionist

Multiple Choice

A person who is considered property of another. No freedom is given.

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Colonist

• Abolitionist

Multiple Choice

In which colonial region was the economy based on fishing, whaling and shipbuilding?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern

Multiple Choice

Which colonial region was known as the "Breadbasket" because of the amount of wheat it grew?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Multiple Choice

In which colonial region were cash crops such as rice, indigo and tobacco grown and sold?

• Southern

• Middle

• New England

Multiple Choice

Governments in the colonies were influenced and sometimes controlled by this country?

• France

• England

• Spain

• Portugal

Multiple Choice

Who chooses the Governor?

• the colony founder

• the Colony

• Parliament

• the King

Multiple Choice

Who chooses the representatives in the Assembly?

• the King

• Voters

• Parliament

• Colony founder