Colonial founders' quiz

Who founded Georgia?

• James Oglethorpe

• John Winthrop

• Roger Williams

• William Bradford

Which colony began with over 1,000 settlers arriving at once?

• Providence, Rhode Island

• Boston/Salem, Massachusetts

• Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Savannah, Georgia

Check all the colonies that were started to allow religious freedom for a group.

• Savannah, Georgia

• Jamestown, Virginia

• Providence, Rhode Island

• Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

• Baltimore, Maryland

Who led colonies that are today part of Massachusetts.

• William Bradford

• Cecil Calvert

• John Smith

• John Winthrop

Which of these is NOT a boat that brought colonists to America?

• Arbella

• Hope

• Mayflower

• Santa Maria

About what percentage of colonists died in the first few years in Virginia?

• 0%

• 10%

• 50%

• 85%

What group populated the colony of Baltimore in Maryland?

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Pilgrims

Check of the nations of Native Americans who aided English colonists in America.

• Narragansett

• Navajo

• Wampanoag

• Abanaki

Which of these sentences is correct?

• Cecil Calvert was a Puritan, and did not allow non-Puritans to worship their religion.

• Roger Williams was a Puritan, and did not allow non-Puritans to worship their religion.

• Jams Oglethorpe was a Pilgrim, and settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts

• William Penn was a Quaker, and did not commit violence against other people.

Which of these sentences is correct?

• John Smith led the first British colony to survive in America, which was in Virginia.

• Cecil Calvert never visited his colony in Pennsylvania.

• John Winthrop led the Puritan colony in Maryland.

• James Oglethorpe created a colony for people who were in debt in Rhode Island.