colonial America

All the following were reasons to come to the New World except:

• religious freedom

• chance to own land

• economic opportunity

• to spread language and culture

In which industries did the Southern colonies specialize?

• fishing, wheat, naval stores

• livestock, grain, shipbuilding

• tobacco, wheat, fish

• tobacco, rice, indigo, wood products

Which of the colonial regions had mild winters and long, hot summers?

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Western colonies

Small farms, rocky soil, cold winters, short growing season describes

• New England colonies

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Western colonies

Which colonial region specialized in livestock, grain, fish and market towns

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

Which colonial region specialized in livestock, grain, fish and market towns

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

• Western

Europeans believed the purpose of a colony was to 

• teach Europeans new farming and hunting skills.

• earn enough money to be independent.

• work to benefit the colony’s mother country.

• teach Europeans new farming and hunting skills.

Farmers traveled to market towns to -

• sell furs to European merchants and traders.

• purchase naval stores.

• meet with British leaders.

• trade their crops for goods and services.

Which was NOT a way that New England colonists earned a living?

• merchants

• shipbuilders

• fishing and whaling

• farming on large plantations

The New England colonies did not have the best soil but they did have tall trees and many skilled shipbuilders. This is an example of -

• cash crops

• specialization

• imports

• interdependence