English Colonies Test Practice (Lessons 3 and 4)

Indentured servants...

• signed a contract until they paid off their debt

• worked for free forever

• were forced to work against their will

• were never found in the colonies

The New England colonies...

• had warm winters and fertile soil

• had harsh winters and rocky soil

• had large plantations and use the oceans for food

• had hilly land with hot, humid summers

The Southern colonies...

• had mild winters and fertile soil

• had harsh winters and rocky soil

• had large plantations and use the oceans for food

• had hilly land with hot, humid summers

Plantations were mostly found in the...

• New England colonies

• Southern Colonies

• African colonies

• Middle Colonies

Examples of cash crops in the Southern colonies included...

• tobacco and cotton

• sugar and cinnamon

• aluminum

• Cotton and cauliflower

Which colony was founded by people who owed money (debtors)?

• Virginia

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• New York

The elected assemblies in the colonies...

• Declared war against other colonies

• Ordered take out during their meetings

• Had almost no real power since the king vetoed everything

• Created most of the laws in the colonies

The Maryland colony was made primarily to...

• support persecuted Jews

• support persecuted Catholics

• support Puritans who wanted to control the world

• make money selling timber

An example of mercantilism is...

• The slave trade

• Colonists making money off the English crown

• The International Space Station

• England having colonies and making money off them

Plymouth was an English...

• territory

• colony

• kingdom

• statehood