Q4 New England Colonies Progress Assessment

Who founded most of the New England Colonies?

• American Indian Settlers

• People searching for gold

• People searching for religious freedom

• Fur trappers

What were the Puritans and the Pilgrims who settled in the New England Colonies looking for?

• Somewhere they could practice their religion freely.

• Somewhere they could grow crops to sell in England.

• Somewhere they could meet and learn from the American Indians.

• Somewhere they could mine for metals such as silver and gold.

What was a major reason that the New England Colonies were founded?

• The area had rich soil for farming.

• Colonists wanted religious freedom.

• The area had a warm and sunny climate.

• Colonists wanted to learn from the Native Americans.

What allowed people in New England to make money by building large ships?

• Forests covered the colonies, and the colonists built ships using wood from the forests.

• Gold was discovered, and colonists built large ships to transport the valuable resource.

• The colonies grew cash crops, and the colonists used the money from it to build large ships.

• The colonies had a lot of iron ore, and colonists built ships using iron from their mines.

Look at the picture. What is most likely happening?

• The people in the New England Colonies are building ships.

• The people in the New England Colonies are gathering materials to trade with the Native Americans.

• The people in the New England Colonies are farming on the rocky coast.

• The people in the New England Colonies are going to school.

What was the main focus of MOST schools in the New England Colonies?

• Mixing of cultures

• Preparing for college

• Learning about religion.

What were most farms like in the New England Colonies?

• They were large and farmers used cash crops to sell to England.

• They were large and farmers grew enough food to send to other colonies.

• They were small and farmers grew crops from England to sell to American Indians.

• They were small and farmers grew what they needed for their families.

The climate of the New England Colonies was very cold for much of the year. How did this affect life in those colonies?

• Colonists often used ports to ship goods to Europe and other colonies.

• Colonists had to work multiple jobs to make enough money to survive winter.

• Colonists often had to trade goods they made for food they needed.

• Colonists used numerous enslaved people to keep the crops of growing crops very low.

Why was farming difficult in the New England Colonies?

• The soil was rich and good for farming.

• The soil was extremely rocky.

• The soil was mostly loam.

The colonists in the New England Colonies used the _________ as a major economic source:  fishing, whaling, shipbuilding.

• Native Americans

• ocean

• long houses

• buffalo