Colonial Times Review

Which country owned the colonies?

How many American colonies were there?

What is a colony?

• large area of farmland

• a person that is owned by another person

• an area of land owned by another country

What is a colonist?

• a person living in a colony

• a person that is owned by another person

• a young boy learning a specific trade from a master

Which is NOT a reason that colonists came to America?

• Some colonists were brought as slaves.

• European countries were becoming too crowded, so they had to send some people to live in America.

• Some people wanted to have the freedom to practice their own religion.

• European countries wanted to claim land for their country in order to become wealthier.

In which region of the colonies would you have found plantations?

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

Which group of people were already living in North American when the Europeans arrived?

Which group of people came over to the colonies involuntarily (forced)?

• Native Americans

• apprentices

• slaves

• colonists

What is a plantation?

• a large house

• a large area of farm land

• an island

Which are natural resources the colonists used to build their homes?

• trees

• pipes

• bark

• mud