Colonial Quiz

Which of these best describes the New England Colonies?

• Warm weather, cash crop agriculture, slaves and plantations

• Breadbasket, wheat, tolerant, and moderate, natural harbors

• Cold winters, rocky soil, timber and shipbuilding, natural harbors and trade

Which best describes the Mid Atlantic Colonies

• Cold winters, natural harbors

• Slave labor and Cash crops

• Moderate climate and soil, tolerant

Which best describes the Southern Region

• Slave labor and Cash crops

• Moderate Soil, breadbasket

• Cold winters, rocky soil, shipbuilding

What do Maryland, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island have in common

• They all contain the most trading centers

• They were all founded for religious freedom

• They are all located in the South

• They all relied on farming

The primary reason for the founding of Jamestown was ___________ but it was _____________ that saved it from destruction.

• religious freedom, tobacco

• religious freedom, trade

• profit, tobacco

• profit, fishing

Plymouth was founded by the ___________ for _______________.

• Pilgrims, Religious Freedom

• Pilgrims, Gold

• Puritans, Gold

• Puritans, a new government

The colony of Pennsylvania was founded for....

• Puritans

• Pilgrims

• Catholics

• Quakers

Maryland was founded for....

• Pilgrims

• Puritans

• Quakers

• Catholics

Thomas Hooker and Roger Williams left Massachusetts to start new colonies. What best explains the reason why?

• The disagreed with the way the Puritans used religion in their government.

• They wanted women to get the right to vote

• The believed in a free Narnia

• They wanted to diversify their economy

What is the importance of the Mayflower Compact?

• It established laws for the entire 13 colonies

• It established laws for the good of Plymouth

• It established laws for all of New England

• It created Southern law, including slavery