English Colonies in America

Which of these describes an indentured servant?

• Someone that pays their debt to a farmer by working for them without pay.

• Someone that pays rent on their farm with a portion of their crops.

• Someone that makes and sells candles to wealthy landowners

• Someone that was sold to a landowner and forced to work as a cook.

Which of these describes the Separatists?

• They were English soldiers.

• They shared religious beliefs.

• They were wealthy English investors.

• They shared a common occupation.

Which of these best describes the environment of the New England colonies?

• long, hot summers and mild winters

• harsh winters and rocky, hilly land

• broad coastal plains and fertile soil

• broad rivers, swamps, and wetlands

Which of these features made the Southern colonies unique?

• self-government

• religious freedom

• general assemblies

• tobacco plantations

Which document served as a written constitution?

• Maryland's Act Concerning Religion

• Connecticut's Fundamental Orders

• Pennsylvania's Great Law of 1682

• New York's Charter of Liber*es and Privileges of 1683

How did Roger Williams’s colony of Providence differ from the Puritan colony of Massachusetts?

• Enslaved people were made free

• . Only religious men were allowed to vote

• American Indians were considered enemies.

• . People of different religious beliefs were welcomed.

How did the government of New York differ from the other colonies?

• . It was self-governed.

• It was ruled by religious leaders.

• It was led by a powerful general assembly.

• It was ruled by a British-appointed governor.

The actions and beliefs of the Quakers of Pennsylvania predicted which of these events?

• the failure of Roanoke

• the Mayflower journey

• the American Revolution

• the French and Indian War

Why did Virginia replace indentured servants with enslaved Africans?

• . It was required by law.

• Africa was closer than Europe.

• Indentured servants were too sick to work

• It provided a permanent source of labor.

James Oglethorpe intended that the Georgia colony be colonized by

• English debtors

• indentured servants.

• religious Separatists

• wealthy businesspeople.