Southern Colonies: MD, VA, & GA review

Vocabulary:

a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

• mercantilism

• cash crops

• charter

• democratic

Which best sums up the founding of the English colonies?

• The English colonies were founded by Puritans & Quakers who wanted religious freedom

• The English colonies were founded to provide a new start for the poor

• The English colonies were founded by businessmen to make money

• The English colonies were founded by people with different goals, from making money to religious freedom

Which best describes an indentured servant?

• a person who pays a debt to a farmer by working without pay

• a person who pays rent on a farm for a portion of the crops

• a person who sells candles to wealthy landowners

• a person who was sold to a landowner

Which of these features made the Southern colonies unique?

• self-government

• religious freedom

• general assemblies

• tobacco plantations

Which colonial region was the most dependent on the slave trade for labor?

• New England

• Middle

• Southern

Who made the laws in most English colonies?

• church leaders

• the King of England

• the English governor

• elected assemblies

Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with enslaved Africans?

• it was required by law

• Africa was closer than Europe

• Africans were more willing to work

• it provided a permanent source of labor

James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be settled by

• English debtors

• indentured servants

• religious separatists

• wealthy businesspeople

Which of these colonies was motivated by making a profit?

• Virginia

• Connecticut

• Pennsylvania

• Massachusetts

What colony was founded with the hope that it would prevent the Spanish from attacking other colonies?

• Georgia

• Rhode Island

• Pennsylvania

• Virginia