A Nation is Born ➤ The Thirteen Colonies

1. Who was Roger Williams?

• 1. First governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony

• 1. A fur trapper who founded the New Hampshire colony

• 1. A minister who left the Massachusetts Bay Colony, due to religious persecution, to found Rhode Island

• Husband of Anne Hutchinson who, together, started the New York colony based on total separation of church and state

1. Where was America’s first written Constitution adopted?

• Massachusetts

• 1. Connecticut

• 1. Rhode Island

• New Hampshire

1. With regard to industries that made New England prosperous during the colonial era, which of the following does not belong?

• 1. Farming

• Fishing

• Timber

• 1. Shipbuilding

1. The British settled New England.  Who settled much of what is now New York?

• 1. The British settled New York as well

• 1. The French

• 1. The Portuguese

• 1. The Dutch

1. What event did the textbook cite as pretty much wiping out the Native American population in the latter part of the 17th century?

• 1. King Philip’s War

• 1. The Influenza Epidemic of 1676

• 1. The Purge of the Pilgrims

• 1. The Blizzard of 1679 

1. Agriculture provided wealth to the Middle Colonies.  What was the most important crop in providing wealth to the Middle Colonies?

• Corn

• Wheat

• Rice

• Potatoes

1. A colony owned by an individual who could govern it any way he wanted, appointing officials, coining money, imposing taxes, and even raising an army.

• 1. Royal colony

• 1. Self-governing colony

• 1. Autocratic colony

• 1. Proprietary colony

1. Which of the original 13 colonies was founded, in part, to be a refuge for Catholics?

• Pennsylvania

• Maryland

• Virginia

• 1. South Carolina

1. What crop grew well in the tidal swamps of the colony of South Carolina?

• Corn

• Wheat

• Rice

• Beans

1. Which of the original 13 colonies was created in order for poor people to have an opportunity to start over?

• Florida

• Georgia

• Delaware

• 1. New Jersey