The English Colonies Review Part 1

The only region they couldn't have large farms because of its rocky soil was what region?

• Middle

• New England

• Southern

• Western

The Massachusetts Bay colony was founded by who?

• Pilgrims and Puritans

• Quakers

• George Mason

• Catholics

Which colonial region was the most diverse?

• NE

• Middle

• Southern

• Backcountry

What practice of the Duke of York discouraged new settlers?

• He let only the noblest of men live there.

• He overtaxed the whalers there

• He overtaxed and overcharged farmers there

• He only let indentured servants live there.

How did Connecticut start as a colony?

• Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson got kicked out of Massachusetts

• Thomas Hooker and a 100 followers moved there.

• Pilgrims and Puritans left England for Massachusetts

• It just did

True or False, Cash crops were found in both the Middle and Southern colonies

• True

• False

The region with the most cultural diversity was the New England region? (True or False)

• True

• False

An agreement that the Pilgrims wrote up and agreed to describing how they would govern themselves in the colonies is called what?

• Democracy

• Mayflower Compact

• Constitution

• Communism

Why did people settle in the Massachusetts Bay colony?

• People seeking profit

• Puritans escaping religious persecution

• Puritans seeking new land

• Quakers seeking religious freedom

What did the New England, Middle and Southern colonies all have in common?

• Their climate and geography

• Their founders

• They were all self-governing

• They hated each other