Colonization 2 - Three Regions

Which region had an economy based on lumbering, shipbuilding, fishing, and eventually manufacturing? They prospered due to Puritan beliefs in thrift and hard work.

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

Which region had an economy based on ship-building, farming, and trade in cities such as New York and Philadelphia?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

This region had the most INEQUALITY, with society based on family name and land ownership (and slaves).

• Southern

• New England

• Middle

• Western

What colony was founded by Roger Williams and settled by those fleeing religious intolerance in Massachusetts?

• Connecticut

• New York

• New Hampshire

• Rhode Island

In New England, they practiced this form of direct or Athenian democracy --

• Town hall meetings

• Representative

• Ballot initiatives

• Referenda

Unlike the eastern coastal lowlands, further inland, the economy of the Appalachians was based on --

• Ship building

• Plantation agriculture

• Cash crops

• Subsistence farming, hunting, trading

Who were given land grants in eastern Virginia by the king?

• Indentured servants

• Quakers

• Dutch merchants

• Cavaliers

The first elected assembly in the New World was -

• New York Council

• Mayflower Compact

• House of Burgesses

• Spanish Assembly

Which region's society was based on RELIGION and generally INTOLERANT of dissent?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

Which colonial region had the most religious tolerance and biggest middle class?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western