Chapter 6

What do you call a person who owns and controls all the land in a colony?

• overseer
• debtor
• proprietor
• artisan

Which colonies grew tobacco as their cash crop?

• Virginia and Maryland
• Virginia and North Carolina
• South Carolina and Georgia
• North Carolina and South Carolina

Which group of colonies had the largest population of enslaved Africans?

• New England Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• They all had the same amount.

After England captured the colony of New Netherland, King Charles __________.

• gave the colony to two friends.
• kept the colony for himself.
• gave the colony to his brother, James, the Duke of York.
• gave the colony to William Penn.

What are the representatives of the Virginia legislature called?

• Anglicans
• debtors
• aprentices
• burgesses

How did William Penn gain the land to form a colony?

• The Duke of York gave Penn a colony.
• The Duke of York gave Penn part of New Jersey.
• King Charles gave the Quakers a part of England.
• King Charles repaid a debt to giving Penn a piece of land.

What did William Penn want his colony to be?

• A place where all Christians could live in peace
• A colony ruled by the King of England
• A colony without a government
• A colony ruled by the Church of England

Which colony was founded as a place for debtors?

• Georgia
• South Carolina and North Carolina
• Maryland
• New York

Which colony did the Duke of York give to his two friends?

• Pennsylvannia
• Georgia
• New Jersey
• New York

Who founded Maryland?

• William Penn
• James Oglethorpe
• Lord Baltimore
• King Charles II