13 colonies

Which one of the following is NOT British a colony?

• Delaware

• New Hampshire

• Florida

• Maryland

Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?

• They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain

• They wanted freedom to practice their own religion

• They wanted to start plantations and earn money

• They wanted to learn from the Native Americans

William Penn founded which colony?

• Massachusetts

• Pennsylvania

• New York

• Rhode Island

Which of these products did Americans trade away (export) to England?

• Manufactured goods
• Slaves
• Gold
• Tobacco

The majority of slaves that were brought to the American colonies were brought to...

• Work on plantations
• Work on the railroad
• Work building houses
• Work building ships

I have been working for many years to pay off my trip to North America. After I work off my debt, I am free. I am an _______.

• indentured servant

• slave

• merchant

• Puritan

What is a colony?

• A place that has certain traits in common with other places near it
• a place where people can't practice their religion freely
• a place that's settled by people inside their home country but does not follow the rules of that home country
• a  place that's settled by people outside their home country and belongs to or is ruled by that home country

Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.

• Trade centers
• Plantations
• Settlements
• industrial centers

Most of the work on large, southern plantations was done by ___________ and ___________

• Native Americans and slaves
• women and children
• slaves and indentured servants
• Frenchmen and Mexicans

The first permanent English settlement in North America was

• Werowocomoco
• Yorktown
• Richmond
• Jamestown