Colonial Life in the 13 Colonies

1. A legal contract in which they agreed to have fair laws to protect the general good in Plymouth Colony. It was the first governing document in the New World.

• Pilgrim Contract

• Mayflower Compact

• Pilgrim Compact

• Puritan Compact

2. Christian reformers who believe in the equality of all people... they settled in the middle colonies after the Puritans pushed them out of the New England Colonies

• Separatists

• Society of Pilgrims

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

3. The farms in the Middle Colonies can be described as...

• rocky soil, small individual farms

• rich, fertile soil great for growing crops

• fertile soil but not many crops were grown in the middle colonies

4. The king of England during most of colonization was _____________.

• King George

• King George II

• King George III

• King James I

5. Which colonies were nicknamed the Breadbasket Colonies?

• The New England Colonies

• The Southern Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

6. Tobacco, rice, indigo, and cotton were all cash crops in which colonies?

• Southern Colonies

• Middle Colonies

• New England Colonies

7. A farmer who rents property from a land owner is called __________.

• an indentured servant

• a slave

• a tenet farmer

• a plantation owner

8. Education was important to the colonist of the New England colonies. They wanted their children to be able to read the bible.

• True

• False

9. A building in colonial times used for town meetings and religious services

• church

• storage house

• town square

• meetinghouse

10. New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

• The Southern Colonies

• The Middle Colonies

• The New England Colonies