Colonial America Quiz

The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group of people?

• Puritans

• Debtors

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

Two or more people depending on each other for goods and services is called—

• interdependence

• specialization

• resources

• economics

Which of the following were free African Americans NOT allowed to do?

• Own land

• Vote

• Work for pay

• Decide how to spend their money

To whom did the king entrust the enforcement of British laws within the colonies?

• A colonial legislature

• British Parliament

• Church of England

• Colonial governors

With very little money left after the French and Indian War, Great Britain decided to—

• tax the colonists

• raise the price of British goods

• tax the American Indians

• sell some of the colonies

What is one group the large landowners of the South relied on for labor?

• Women

• Slaves

• Artisans

• Small farmers

Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the—

• Mid-Atlantic

• South

• New England

• Southwest

Which two groups were parts of the colonial legislature?

• Governor's Council

• Parliament

• General Assembly

• King's Council

From which continent were people captured, shipped to the colonies, and sold into slavery?

• Asia

• Europe

• Africa

• North America

Interdependence existed among the colonies because of—

• harbors

• occupations

• politics

• specialization