Colonization and Revolution

Which colony was founded as a safe haven for Catholics from religious persecution? 

• Maryland

• Pennsylvania

• Georgia

• Massassachusetts

Which colonial region had rocky soil, ship building and a cold climate? 

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• British Colonies

Which colonial region had plantations, fertile soil and a long growing season? 

• New England Colonies
• Middle Colonies
• Southern Colonies
• British Colonies 

Which colonial region is known as the "Bread Basket" because of its grain production?

• New England Colonies

• Mid Atlantic Colonies

• Southern Colonies

• British Colonies 

The three colonial regions are divided because ...

• people came from different countries
• the geography and climate were so different
• the king ordered three separate areas
• of differing ideas on colonial goverments

What are the three G's of why Europeans explored the New World?

• Gold, Global and Greatness
• God, Goodies and Gold
• Gold, Goblins and Gangsters
• Gold, Glory and God
  

African Slaves were used heavily in the Southern Colonies because of the 

• immigration laws
• climate 
• Cash crops and plantations 
• pay 

The first written Constitution in the United States was

• Magna Carta

• Declaration of Independence

• Mayflower Compact

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Which factor most encouraged the growth of this trade?

• The invention of the steam engine

• The development of the factory system

• The profitability of cash-crop agriculture

• The establishment of protective tariffs

Which of the following contributed most to the expansion of the transatlantic slave trade?

• A lack of skilled labor in the American colonies

• Demand for slaves in the colonies that produced cash crops

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies

• A lack of protective tariffs in the American colonies