8.1.3

Which of these was considered a "Mid-Atlantic"/"Middle" colony in North America?

• New York

• Virginia

• Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

The differences in the economic development of the mid-Atlantic, New England, and Southern colonies can BEST be attributed to the

• customs of the immigrants.

• geographic conditions there

• level of the education of their citizens.

• differences in their colonial governments.

The mid-Atlantic colony of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn PRIMARILY because of his

• loss in the war with the Dutch for control of New Amsterdam.

• failure to successfully take power in Massachusetts Bay Colony

• wish to found a logical, well-planned, religiously tolerant colony

• desire to have a government in which all citizens could participate.

religious dissenters

· belief in hard work

· social conformity

· New England

All of these describe what group of settlers in colonial North America?

• Amish

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Catholics

What economic activities were common in the New England colonies?

• coal mining and oil drilling

• rice, indigo, tobacco, and cotton production

• shipbuilding, wheat production, imports, and exports

• lumber production, fishing, whaling, and fur trapping

What characteristics of New England colonies encouraged their specialization in fishing and shipbuilding?

• their long lasting love of the sea

• the vast expanse of good farming soil

• the traditions brought with them from England

• their coastal area and abundance of standing timber

Which statement BEST explains why the southern colonies used fewer types of natural resources than other colonies?

• Fewer natural resources were available in the southern colonies.

• Most of the natural resources in the southern colonies were already used up.

• Fertile plains and long summers allowed southern colonies to focus on agriculture

• Hot summers and disease-carrying insects kept populations in the southern colonies low.

· Quakers

· Catholics

· religious tolerance

· flexible social structure

·All of these terms are associated with what colonial North American region?

• West Indies

• Canadian Provinces

• New England Colonies

• Mid-Atlantic Colonies

How did William Penn's religious beliefs impact the founding of Pennsylvania?

• They made Pennsylvania the strictest religious colony in America.

• They caused Pennsylvania to become a mostly Roman Catholic colony

• They led to the establishment of Pennsylvania as a colony for Quakers.

• They attracted a large number of non-Christian settlers to Pennsylvania.

.In which of these regions was religion a unifying feature in the colonial era?

• New England

• Middle colonies

• Southern colonies

• Ohio River Valley area