13 Colonies Quiz

a body of lawmakers

• assemby

• indentured servant

• economy

• grant

a person who works for a period of time to pay off money owed for a debt

• assemby

• plantation

• indentured servant

• economy

to give something to someone of lower rank as a favor or privelege

• indentured servant

• grant

• industry

• plantation

the way people use their resources to meet needs and wants

• grant

• industry

• plantation

• economy

a group of businesses that produce certain goods or services

• assembly

• industry

• plantation

• indentured servant

a large farm on which crops are grown by free or enslaved workers

• plantation

• indentured servants

• industry

• assembly

True or False: Both Pennsylvania and Rhode Island were founded so that people could freely practice the religion of their choice.

• False

• True

The climate and geography of New England meant that the economy was based on:

• timber

• whaling and fishing

• large plantations of rice and indigo

• mining coal and iron

Large plantations of rice, indigo, and cotton flourished in the hot, humid, swampy colonies in the

• New England Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• Southern Colonies

True or False: Colonists in Pennsylvania had a more democratic government because propertied, male landowners could vote for representatives and the General Assembly could write their own laws.

• True

• False