US History Trimester 1 Final Review

The New England colonies were

• very religiously tolerant.
• settled largely by single men from Germany.
• settled largely by families.
• known for growing cotton.

In 1607,

• Columbus sailed the ocean blue.
• the first permanent English settlement in North America was founded.
• Pocahontas travelled to Roanoke.
• the Spanish landed in Mexico.

Which of the following is true about the Spanish settlements in North America?

• They were mostly in Canada near fur trading posts.
• They were mostly in Florida in Mexico.
• They were VERY densely populated.
• They were known for kindness and cooperation with native people.

Southern colonies were NOT

• known for large scale agriculture (cash crops!)
• settled for profit.
• the colonies that relied most heavily on slave labor.
• settled by the Puritans for religious freedom.

All of the following are true statements about the Puritans EXCEPT:

• They believed in religious freedom and tolerance.
• They came to the colonies to practice their religion freely.
• They settled mostly in the New England colonies.
• They settled as families (not as single men).

The middle colonies were NOT

• settled mostly by single men for profit.
• known as the "breadbasket colonies".
• the crossroads of trade in the colonies.
• settled by the Spanish.

Which colony was settled as a "buffer" against Spanish Florida?

• New York
• West Virginia
• Georgia
• Maine

The colonists were angry about the Proclamation Line of 1763 because

• it forced colonists to live with Native Americans together in villages.
• it meant that the land gained at the end of the French and Indian War was forbidden to them.
• it didn't allow colonists to practice their religion.
• the British thought that the colonists should stay close to the coast.

The Intolerable Acts were a reaction to

• the Boston Massacre.
• the Stamp Act.
• the French and Indian War.
• the Boston Tea Party.

Fort Duquesne can still be found on a map.

• True
• False