Colonization Review--Unit 2 Test

Tobacco, rice, and indigo are the main cash crops of this colony area.

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

This is considered the "breadbasket" of the Americas because it grows so much wheat, barley, and corn.

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• New England Colonies

The New England Colonies consisted of:

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Delaware

• New York, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

James Oglethorpe founded which colony?

• Georgia

• Rhode Island

• Virginia

The first written constitution in the Americas was from which colony?

• Massachusetts

• Virginia

• Connecticut

The Mayflower Compact was signed in which year?

• 1620

• 1584

• 1607

Most of the New England Colonies were established for which reason?

• To find wealth through gold, tobacco, and slaves

• Religious freedom

• Political freedom

Maryland was founded as a haven for which group?

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Quakers

The Pilgrims landed where in 1620?

• Boston

• Jamestown

• Plymouth

One of the reasons Georgia was founded was:

• Religious freedom

• As a buffer zone from the Spanish and French

• As a haven for Catholics