History Quiz

One of the reasons Georgia was founded by ________ was to be a place where the poor and those in debtors prisons back in England could seek better economic opportunities.

• James Oglethorpe

• John Smith

• William Penn

• Roger Williams

The Dutch and the Swedes disputed the land that would become the colony of ________ for several decades, until the English seized it.

• Delaware

• New York

• Virginia

• Massachusetts

Poor Richard’s Almanack was written and published every year from 1732 until 1758 by ________.

• Benjamin Franklin

• Thomas Jefferson

• George Washington

• John Adams

________ was a Quaker who founded the colony of Pennsylvania.

• William Penn

• George Fox

• John Woolman

• James Naylor

Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania make up the ________ Colonies.

• Middle

• Southern

• New England

• Western

Anne Hutchinson fled to _______ which was founded by Roger Williams in 1636 as

a place that supported ________ and the separation of church and state.

• Maryland; freedom

• Georgia; freedom

• Rhode Island; freedom of religion

• Delaware; freedom of religion

_________ was founded by George Calvert, also known as Lord Baltimore, as a safe

refuge for Catholics and others who’d been religiously persecuted.

• Maryland

• Georgia

• Rhode Island

• Delaware

Benjamin Franklin invented the _______ which helped protect structures from fire

caused by lightning strikes.

• bifocal glasses

• lightning rod

• light bulb

• umbrella

Settlers who founded the English Colonies were motivated by to do so by different

types of ________ .

• freedom of religion

• freedoms

• wealth

• government