13 Colonies Brainpop quiz

Why did European settlers form colonies around the east coast of North America?

• A. It was the easiest place to reach when Europeans sailed across the Atlantic.

• B. Land on the east coast was much better for farming than on the west coast.

• C. The Europeans liked the Native Americans who lived along the east coast.

• D. There was no empty land for the Europeans to settle around the west coast.

What is the name of this colony?

• A. South Carolina

• B. Georgia

• C. North Carolina

• C. North Carolina

3. Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?

• A. They wanted freedom to practice their own religion.

• B. They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain.

• C. They wanted to start plantations and earn money.

• D. They wanted to learn from the Native Americans.

4. Why do you think Delaware is known as "the first state"?

• A. The native people in the area named Delaware the first state.

• B. Delaware was the most populated of the Thirteen Colonies.

• C. The first settlement was founded in what is now Delaware.

• D. Delaware was the first state to approve the U.S. Constitution.

5. Why was the U.S. constitution written?

• A. An agreement with the native people was needed.

• B. A king was needed to rule the new government.

• C. Rules and laws were needed for the new country.

• D. A peace treaty with Great Britain was needed.

6. Which happened FIRST?

• A.Pilgrims landed in Plymouth

• B.Colonists founded Jamestown

• C. The Constitution was written and signed

• D. The American Revolutionary War began

7. Which group of colonies was known as the "Bread Colonies"?

• A. St. Augustine Colonies

• B. New England Colonies

• C. Middle Colonies

• D. Southern Colonies

8. What happened to many of the native people when Europeans began establishing settlements?

• A. They became government leaders in the new settlements.

• B. They began living in the settlements with the colonists.

• C. They were forced to move, forced into slavery, or were killed

• D. They traveled to England and started their own colonies

9. Which is part of the Middle Colonies?

• A. Connecticut

• B. Maryland

• C. Georgia

• D. Delaware

10.Colonists wanted to separate from Great Britain. What was ONE of their reasons?

• A. They wanted to choose their own leaders.

• B. They wanted to establish more settlements

• C. They wanted to end slavery in the colonies.

• They wanted to trade goods with the French.