13 Colonies

The Mayflower Compact was signed by:

• Every person on the Mayflower
• All of the men on the Mayflower
• All of the Pilgrims on the Mayflower
• Only the male Pilgrims on the Mayflower.

Farming was most successful in which colonies?

• New England and Middle
• Middle and Southern
• New England and Southern

Lumber and ship building was a successful enterprise in which colonies?

• New England
• Middle
• Southern
• MIddle and Southern

If you lived along the Atlantic coast, you were more likely to have a job in what industry?

• Fishing or shipbuilding
• Fur or mining
• Dressmaking or Theatre
• Glass blowing or blacksmithing

The House of Burgesses was:

• where church services were held.
• the first law making assembly in America.
• where the King of England lived.
• the first building built in Jamestown.

What was the New England economy shaped by?

• Rocky soil, long winters
• Fertile Soil, short winters
• Forest, mild summers
• Mountainous land

Which colonies are considered New England?

• New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware

• Massachusetts, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, and Connecticut

• Virginia, Maryland, Georgia, and the Carolinas

• Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Islands and New Brunswick

Who organized the Plymouth colony?

• Separatists

• Catholics

• Quakers

• Anglicans

The Mayflower Compact, House of Burgesses and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut are all examples of colonial Americans to

• use democratic practices in government

• protest British land policies

• establish religious freedom

• overthrown British royal governors

During the colonial period, New England town meetings were important because they

• helped establish democratic government in America

• decreased people's role in government

• increased the colonists' dependence on Britain

• weakened democratic ideals