Colonial America Test

The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first

• constitution
• map drawn of New England
•  treaty between Colonists and Native Americans
• colony started

Why was Georgia formed or established?

• As a place for Catholics to practice their religion

• Industrial settlement for crafts people

• A creative centers for artists

• Second chance or safe haven for debtors/poor people

1st representative governing body in the American colonies.

• English Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Congress

Why was Maryland founded?

• To avoid debtors' prison
• To create a safe place for Catholics
• To freely practice religion
• To have more job opportunities

Why was Massachusetts founded?

• To have more job opportunities.
• Quakers wanted to found a community based on their religious beliefs.
• To escape debtor's prison.
• Puritans wanted to create a community based on their religious beliefs.

Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

• 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

Most of the New England colonies were established for....

• slavery
• religious freedom
• to grow tobacco
• to find gold

Which colony was first established by the Dutch and named New Netherland?

• Pennsylvania
• Massachusetts
• New York
• Virginia

A period of Christian religious revival that spanned from 1730-1750 is known as:

• The Great Awakening
• The Enlightenment
• The Industrial Revolution
• The American Revolution

First permanent English settlement in North America

• Georgia

• Massachusetts Bay Colony

• Pennsylvania

• Jamestown