UIL Social Studies Spring 19-20 (5 & 6)

Who sent ships across the Atlantic in search of a new route to the Indies?

• Italy

• Spain

• Netherlands

• Norway

Which group wanted to build the colony of Pennsylvania

based on their religious belief of opposing war?

• Separatists

• Loyalists

• Quakers

• Progressives

What was England's first attempt at a colony in the Americas?

• Los Adaes

• Philadelphia

• San Augustine

• Roanoke

When the Pilgrims decided to find a place to settle in New England,

they chose a rocky harbor the English called __________.

• Plymouth

• Richmond

• Concord

• New Amsterdam

What became the first English colony in North America to offer

complete religious freedom to it's settlers?

• New York

• Carolina

• Rhode Island

• Georgia

Who was the Puritan minister that founded

the colony of Connecticut?

• Thomas Hooker

• Ethan Allen

• John Hancock

• Robert Fulton

Which Spanish explorer became the first

European to reach the Mississippi River?

• Vasco de Gama

• Hernando De Soto

• Juan Ponce

  de Leon

• Samuel de Champlain

1673 - Marquette and Joliet explored the Mississippi River for France

1682 - La Salle reached the mouth of the Mississippi River

and claimed Louisiana for France

1718 - ???

• Baton Rouge became the capital of Louisiana

• New France is established

• Shreveport opened the Red River to trade

• New Orleans was founded and became a busy port

What group of colonies was able to develop an economy based on farming because of its rich soil, warm weather and abundant rainfall?

• Southern Colonies

• Backcountry

• New England

• Middle Colonies

Which job in colonial America made and repaired iron goods,

such as horseshoes, axes, gun parts and nails?

• Shoemaker

• Printer

• Merchant

• Blacksmith