Colonial Era Review

The first document of self government in America was the _________ written by the Puritan pilgrims in Plymouth

• Magna Carta

• Mayflower Compact

• Declaration of Rights of Man

• Constitution

Maryland and Pennsylvania were mainly founded for _____________ purposes.

• religious

• political

• economic

• isolation

Which of these colonies offered the most freedom for the people who lived there?

• Georgia
• Virginia
• Pennslvania
• Massachusetts

Which of the following features was specific to the southern colonies?

• self-government
• religious freedom
• general assemblies
• tobacco plantations

James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be settled by:

• English debtors
• indentured servants
• religious Separatists
• wealthy business people

Which of these best descirbes the environment of New England colonies?

• long, hot summers and mild winters
• harsh winters, rocky land, and poor soil

• broad coastal plains and fertile soil
• broad rivers, swamps, and wetlands

WHich of these colonies were motivated by making profit?

• Virginia
• Connecticut
• Pennsylvania
• Massachusetts

What was the main cash crop in Virginia?

• corn
• tobacco
• cotton
• rice

Person living in a colony

• disease
• Wampanoag
• Pocohontas
• colonist

12-year-old Indigenous girl famous for saving John White, helping organize peace between her people and the colonists, and later going on to marry John Rolfe

• Powhatan
• Pocohontas
• Queen Elizabeth
• Squanto