Colonies

Why did people come to the colonies?

• religious freedom

• trade natural resources

• better life, better job

• all of the above

What did people who disagreed with the Puritans leaders often do?

• move back to Europe

• start their own colony

• take over the colony

• become explorers in Africa

What is the name of a man or a small group of men that own a colony or territory?

• legislation

• indentured servants

• proprietor

• slaves

What did the toleration act do?

• allowed free trade

• allowed religious freedoms for Christians

• allowed slaves to be free

• allowed people to pick which colony to live in

Living in the backcountry, away from the coast, was difficult, but people moved there because ...

• land was cheaper

• land was more expensive

• they wanted to live in large trade ports

• life was easier

How did the plantations in the Southern colonies find enough workers?

• captured Native Americans

• forced prisoners to work

• got better equipment, such as tractors

• brought in slaves from Africa

Why did slaves revolt (fight back)?

• disagreed with the Puritan leaders

• to get freedom

• to get higher wages

• unhappy with tax laws

Which of the following is NOT a way enslaved Africans resisted slavery.

• they ran away to escape

• broke or lost tools on purpose

• worked hard to pay off their debts

• voilent rebellions

England made trade laws that the colonists thought were...

• fair

• unfair

The practice of treating people as property and forcing them to work

• apprentices

• slavery

• pilgrimages

• toleration