Unit 3 Colonization and Settlement

Why were the Middle Colonies called the Breadbasket of Colonial America?

• they had rocky soil and cool climate
• the great an abundance of wheat and corn
• they had a surplus of tobacco
• they had water to fish

The pilgrims knew they were going to have to come up with a plan to survive in the New World, so they created the...

• House of Burgesses

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Treaty of Paris

Farming is something that took place in all three colonial regions. Farming is also called _____________.

• mining.

• manufacturing.

• fishing.

• agriculture.

The Spanish had some NEGATIVE interactions with American Indians. One NEGATIVE interaction was

• farming.
• trading.
• slavery.
• fishing.

In 1681, I received a charter to start a new colony. I made this colony a safe place for Quakers. Who is being described?

• Roger Williams
• James Oglethorpe
• John Smith
• William Penn

Some European countries were overpopulated. This led Europeans to leave their countries. In this example, overpopulation is an example of a

• push factor.
• freedom.
• dictator.
• pull factor.

To make sure they were protected by Spanish Ships, the settlers of Jamestown built the fort on a

• cove.

• beach.

• forest.

• peninsula.

The New England colonies are in what color on the map?

• Orange
• Red
• Blue
• Green

Anne Hutchinson made the Puritans angry with her religious teachings, she was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony and joined this man in what colony?

• William Penn in Pennsylvania

• Roger Williams in Rhode Island

• Thomas Hooker in Connecticut.

• John Mason in New Hampshire.

Roger Williams founded Rhode Island as a place of free worship because he was 

• banished by the Puritans.
• inspired by the Quakers.
• encouraged by William Penn.
• persecuted by the King of England.