Test: The 13 Colonies

Last Name

First Name

Class period

• 8
• 9

The Plymouth Colony was founded in the year -

• 1492
• 1607
• 1620
• 1676

The first permanent English colony in North America was -

• Jamestown
• Plymouth
• Roanoke
• Massachusetts Bay

What group was responsible for the Mayflower Compact?

• Puritans
• Catholics
• Quakers
• Pilgrims

Which of these was a New England colony?

• Massachusetts
• Virginia
• Maryland
• New Jersey

The primary reason the New England colonies were founded -

• Religious freedom
• To bring glory to the motherland
• to find gold
• to establish trade relations with the natives

Which of the following describes southern colonies?

• a blend of goods and agriculture; breadbasket colonies; limited slavery
• agricultural colonies; leaned heavily on cash crops; plantation system led to slavery
• dependent on goods such as fur, fish, & timber; shipbuilding and manufacturing are important
• dry rocky soil with dense forests leading to poor crops

Which of the following describes middle colonies?

• a blend of goods and agriculture; breadbasket colonies; limited slavery
• agricultural colonies; leaned heavily on cash crops; plantation system led to slavery
• dependent on goods such as fur, fish, & timber; shipbuilding and manufacturing are important
• dry rocky soil with dense forests leading to poor crops