Colonization

Which of the following best explains the regional difference in the growth of African American population?

• New England was best suited for large African-American population
• The African-American population grew fastest in the Middle Colonies
• Southern plantations imported African-American slaves as field laborers. 
• Most slaves were given freedom and moved to the Middle Colonies

The role of colonies under the economic system of mercantilism was to --

• provide the "mother country" with raw materials.
• promote the economy of individual colonies.
• establish trade with foreign countries.
• establish trade with other colonies.

Protestants that wanted to change or reform the Church of England; they wanted to "purify" the Church; many came to America

• Puritans
• Pilgrims
• Colonists
• Catholics

Which founder is correctly paired with the colony they founded?

• William Bradford---Georgia
• William Penn---Massachusetts
• Roger Williams--Rhode Island
• Ben Franklin--Pennsylvania

If a settler left Europe and headed for New York, which would they have to cross in order to get there?

• Appalachian mountains
• The Great Lakes
• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ocean

Captured Africans, travelling across the Atlantic to the New World, would travel in this section of the journey.

• The part crossing the Pacific.

• The "Middle Passage"

• The part from the New World to Europe.

• The part from England to Africa.

Due to the fact that colonists were very far from England, they ____________________

• Experienced strict control by Parliament
• Appointed governors who reported to the king
• Created a general council to manage the colonies
• Established their own representative institutions 

Which religious practice encouraged the growth of representative government in the colonies?

• Some Protestants were used to electing members to govern their own churches
• Puritan ministers controlled the government of Massachusetts in early colonial times
• Most colonists in Virginia belonged to the Church of England 
• The colony of New York welcomed people of different faiths

Which fact is not true about Quakers?

• They were against war; they were pacifists.
• They settled Pennsylvania to escape religious persecution.
• They were Catholic.
• They are Protestants.

This was the  western boundary for the 13 colonies.

• Lake Erie
• Appalachian Mountains
• Pacific Ocean
• Atlantic Ociean