The Thirteen Colonies Study Guide

The Middle Colonies were nicknamed the______.

• breadbasket colonies

• last colonies

• lost colonies

• bay colonies

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What city became the largest in the thirteen colonies?

• Charleston

• New York City

• Philadelphia

• Boston

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Which was the first permanent English settlement?

• Plymouth

• Savannah

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

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John Smith said that the colonists who did not work...

• would be sent back to England.

• could not eat.

• would be put in jail.

• should be whipped.

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Which colony began as a refuge, or safe place, for English Catholics?

• Georgia

• Rhode Island

• New Jersey

• Maryland

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The trip from Africa to America was called____.

• the Middle Passage

• Croatoan

• Starving Time

• the Trail of Tears

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Which group founded Massachusetts Bay Colony?

• Quakers

• Pilgrims

• Catholics

• Puritans

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Roger Williams believed that religion should be...

• outlawed in America.

• separate from government

• required of everyone

• kept out of Rhode Island

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Settlers in the Middle Colonies came from ____.

• Germany

• the Netherlands

• Sweden

• all of the above

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New England had...

• no harbors but good farmland.

• poor fishing but good timberland.

• poor farmland but good harbors.

• good farmland and good fishing

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