US Communities

The people who came to America and settled in the Thirteen colonies came for all the following reasons except:

• to escape religious persecution.

• for economic opportunities and the hope for a better life.

• to get beyond the reach of oppression and ill-treatment by the government.

• to reach a place where life isn't hard an the work is easy.

All the following were major terms of the Mayflower Compact, except:

• the Pilgrims would cooperate and work together.

• the Pilgrims could make their own laws.

• the Pilgrims all agreed to obey the laws.

• the Pilgrims would only allow others with similar religious views to settle at Plymouth.

The Native American population began to dwindle and disappear soon after the colonists came to America, mainly because of:

• the decline in the deer herds.

• new diseases and the constant warfare with the Europeans.

• severe crop failures and droughts.

• the disruption of their culture and their hunter-warrior way of life.

There was a clash of cultures between the Native Americans and the Europeans which become obvious and violent over the issue of:

• land ownership.

• the proper way to raise children.

• the role of women in society.

• religion.

The colonies attracted many poor people to America's shores. Those people who were willing to pay their "dues" upfront for the chance at a better life:

• volunteered and signed up for indentured servitude.

• rebelled against the king and ran away to America.

• stowed away and illegally hid on the ships coming to America.

• broke the law and committed crimes so they could be sentenced by British courts to "forced transportation to the colonies."

The colonists who settled in Massachusetts, who broke away from the Church of England, were called:

• Puritans.

• Quakers.

• Anglicans.

• Catholics.

These colonies made up the New England region except:

• Rhode Island.

• Virginia.

• Massachusetts.

• New Hampshire.

William Penn was the:

• founder of the Pennsylvania colony.

• governor of Washington.

• king of English.

• explorer that discovered the Americas.

Which colony is a Mid-Atlantic, or Middle, colony?

• Connecticut

• Georgia

• California

• Delaware

All the following events led up to the American Revolutionary War except:

• The French & Indian War

  (1754-1763)

• The Boston Tea Party

  (1773)

• The Missouri Compromise

  (1820)

• Lexington

  and Concord

  (1775)