2.2 New England Colonies Practice

Label the correct colonial regions

a

b

c

d

e

The Great Colonies

French Canada

Spanish Florida

Southern Colonies

New England Colonies

The Orange Colonies

Middle Colonies

The New England colonies were mostly settled by which group of people?

• Quakers

• Catholics

• Puritans

• Debtors

Which colonies make up the New England colonies?

• Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island

• Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Connecticut

• Connecticut, Rhode Island, Delaware, Maryland

• Connecticut, New Hampshire, Delaware, Rhode Island

The primary motivation for settling the New England colonies was

• Profit

• Trade

• Religious freedom

• Safety

What were the two main economic industries in the New England colonies?

• Agriculture and mining

• Agriculture and fishing

• Fishing and lumber

• Mining and lumber

Which describes the geography of the New England colonies?

• No coastline

• Rocky soil

• Short winters

• Tropical climate

What agreement did the Pilgrims sign when they arrived in North America?

• The Constitution

• The Bill of Rights

• The Mayflower Compact

• The Declaration of Independence

Which Indigenous Nation helped the first colonists in New England

• Wampanoag

• Algonquin

• Powhatan

• Lenni Lenape

Many of the region’s population centers emerged on bays or near the mouths of rivers to support water-based economic activities there, such as fishing, ________, and whaling.

Connecticut and Rhode Island were founded to escape what. . .

• The strict religious policies of Massachusetts

• The control of the English Crown

• The shipbuilding and fishing economy

• The loose religious policies of Massachusetts