Grade 6 Unit 2 Illuminate Quiz

What were the focoal points of colonial development. Select 3

• Religion

• Freedom

• Politics

• Economics

• Expansion

Which of the following was the last of the English Colonies to be settled?

• Virginia

• Massachusettes

• Maine

• Georgia

The belief in the supernatural, harsh conditions of Puritan life, and fears of attacks from Native Americans fueled which event?

• American Revolution

• French and Indian War

• Slavery

• Salem Witch Trials

How would a slave like Olaudah Equiano describe the Middle Passage.

Hint: Middle Passage was the journey from Africa into the Americas

• The middle passage was such a large vessel what prevented the slaves from being close.

• The Middle Passage had fresh air and made it tolerable.

• Children were in a different place on Middle Passage.

• The experience was cruel and intolerable because of the heat , the smell, and conditions that caused many to die.

Which best describes the life for women and children in colonial America?

• Women began life as slaves and earned freedom.

• Women in the colonies all had the same duties like raising children.

• The lives of women and children varied where everyone had different responsibilities and they had fewer rights then than today.

• Life in the northern colonies were better.

Looking at the map of early America in early 1700s, which color represents the French colonies.

Hint: Look for Canada on the map. Most of Canada was a French Colony in early 1700s so what color is Canada?

• yellow

• pink

• green

• not shown

Slavery in America is defined as ______.

• bonded labor

• debt labor

• chattel slavery

• indentured slavery

Slavery in America resulted from ________.

• Circular Trade

• Napoleon Trade

• Triangular Trade

• Square Trade

Remember William Penn was a Quaker, which meant he saw Indigenous People and

Africans as what?

• enemies

• people to go into conflict with

• equal, friends, and didnt want to bring them harm