Colonial America Vocabulary Quiz

America's first 13 states

• taxing

• slavery

• tobacco

• original 13 colonies

the states at the top - Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and New Hampshire

• New England Colonies

• contract

• town meeting

• cash crop

the states in the middle - New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware

• protest

• Middle Colonies

• fur

• molasses

the states at the bottom - Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia

• tobacco

• cash crop

• slavery

• Southern Colonies

A ___________ is a gathering of local citizens to discuss and vote on important issues.

• contract

• molasses

• town meeting

• protest

The leaves of the tobacco plant dried and prepared for smoking is __________.

• fur

• Southern Colonies

• tobacco

• original 13 states

__________ is animal hair.

• Fur

• Molasses

• Slavery

• Middle Colonies

__________ is a system in which some people are owned by other people.

• Cash crop

• Slavery

• Contract

• Town meeting

A _________ is an agreement between two or more parties.

• New England Colonies

• molasses

• contract

• protest

__________ are crops grown to sell.

• slavery

• protest

• Original 13 colonies

• Cash crops