Unit1_ColonialAmerica_Quiz1

What is mercantilism?

• A system where a mother countries gains money and power from natural resources that come from its colonies.

• where colonies trade gold and silver with each other.

• Wars that start over money.

• Plantation colonies trading slaves for money.

EXPORTS of the 13 colonies included:

• Manufactured goods

• Raw Materials

• Slaves

• Gold

Why did the Puritans leave England?

• They were being persecuted 
• Because they wanted to practice their religion their way
• They were exiled by the king
• The people of England thought they were witches

The Middle Colonies were  ethnically and religiously diverse

• True
• False

Reason for the Massachusetts Bay colony establishment

• Economic

• Religious

Why was the Georgia Colony established

• So Debtors could Pay off their Debts

• So England could get lots of new resources

• So the Church of England would have a presence in the Colonies

• So Slaves could be established in the South

a religious group that settled the Pennsylvania Colony

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Separatist

Which is not a Middle Colony?

• New York

• Georgia

• Pennsylvania

• Delaware

The South had ________ where cash crops were grown.

• Adobe homes

• Plantations

• Log Cabins

• Wigwams

A person who works for an arranged number of years to pay off their passage to America is known as -

• Farmer

• Slave

• Indentured Servant

• Blacksmith