Dr. M's People & Regions Review

The New England colonies were settled by which European group?

• Quakers

• Puritans

• Catholics

• Baptists

The New England settlers interacted mostly with which Native American group?

• Cherokee

• Powhatan

• Algonquin

• Iroquois

What were the two main economic industries in the New England colonies?

• Agriculture and mining

• Mining and lumber

• Agriculture and fishing

• Fishing and lumber

Since the Middle Colonies produced so much food from wheat, they became known as the:

• "Breadbasket" colonies

• "Cake Pan" colonies

• "Yeast" colonies

• "Pudding basket" colonies

What is was a proprietor during colonial times?

• A Native American in an alliance with colonists

• A land owning member of the elite

• A Pilgrim who accepted religious freedoms

• An Artisan who learned a valuable trade

What do you call a person learning a trade from a skilled employer while agreeing to work for them for a fixed term?

• Immigrant

• Artisan

• Proprietor

• Apprentice

Founded by the Dutch, New Netherland became the English colony of?

• New York

• New Jersey

• New Hampshire

• New England

Which correctly describes religious freedom in the Royal colony of Maryland?

• Lord Baltimore wanted the colony to be Catholic, but his sons established religious freedom in the colony.

• Lord Baltimore wanted religious freedom for all, but after Maryland was settled his sons allowed the colony to establish an official Protestant church.

• Lord Baltimore wanted religious freedom for Catholics, but Maryland soon enacted new restrictions on how they could worship.

• Lord Baltimore enacted the Law of Toleration so that all people could worship freely, but his sons overturned this law.

Nathaniel Bacon and other settlers wanted land in the west, and engaged in Bacon's Rebellion because they disagreed with:

• the land in west Virginia was being used to increase enslavement of Africans.

• the governor of Virginia ordering colonists to stay out of Native American territory.

• Virginia increasing new restrictions on freedom of religion.

• Native American raids on settlers in the western part of Virginia.

Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe to provide an escape and a haven for:

• Native Americas seeking to join colonists

• Puritan worshipers

• Unemployed English debtors

• English Roman Catholics