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WorksheetsFounding the Colonies
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Captain and leader of the Jamestown settlers
a)
John Smith
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Cotton Mather
d)
Anne Hutchinson
2.
He failed in his attempt to start a colony off the coast of North Carolina
a)
James Smith
b)
King James I
c)
King Charles II
d)
Sir Walter Raliegh
3.
Where the first Thanksgiving was celebrated by the Pilgrims
a)
Plymouth
b)
Salem
c)
Jamestown
d)
Boston
4.
These colonies were known as the "bread basket" colonies
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
5.
This group of colonies started the public school system and built the first college.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
6.
This colony started out as a Swedish clony but was later taken over by the English.
a)
Delaware
b)
Maryland
c)
New Jersey
d)
North Carolina
7.
He started a colony for poor people in England's overcrowded Jails?
a)
Lord Baltimore
b)
William Penn
c)
James Oglethorpe
d)
John Mason
8.
Where the Pilgrims landed in Massachusetts
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
Salem
d)
Boston
9.
Dutch colony later renamed New York
a)
New Netherland
b)
New Hampshire
c)
New Sweeden
d)
New London
10.
Continent that explorers were looking for...
a)
Africa
b)
Asia
c)
South America
d)
United States
11.
Peter Minuit bought it for the Dutch from the Indians
a)
New London
b)
Salem
c)
Providence
d)
Manhattan Island
12.
It came to be known as the lost colony.
a)
Raleigh
b)
Roanoke
c)
Croatan
d)
Cape Cod
13.
Founded the Colony of Connecticut
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
William Penn
c)
Lord Baltimore
d)
Roger Williams
14.
Leader of the Quakers
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
James Oglethorpe
c)
William Penn
d)
Lord Baltimore
15.
This colony passed the Toleration Act to guarantee religious freedom to all Christians
a)
Virginia
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Maryland
d)
Georgia
16.
Name of the Kings Church in England
a)
Anglican Church
b)
Catholic Church
c)
Lutheran Church
d)
Apostolic Church
17.
A document that gives permission to start a colony
a)
Treaty
b)
Constitution
c)
Preamble
d)
Charter
18.
An early cash crop in Virginia that made the colony profitable.
a)
cotton
b)
tobacco
c)
wheat
d)
corn
19.
What was the first written plan of government (constitution) in America
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Toleration Act
c)
Fundamental Orders
d)
House of Burgesses
20.
They came to Pennsylvania for religious freedom
a)
Quakers
b)
Catholics
c)
Puritains
d)
Sepratist
21.
This picture shows the Ben Franklin bridge located in the City of Brotherly Love. What city claims this nickname?
a)
New York
b)
Boston
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Baltimore
22.
It was once called New Amsterdamn
a)
Boston
b)
New York
c)
Philadelphia
d)
Dover
23.
It acted as a buffer state between the colonist of South Carolina and the Indians of Florida.
a)
Virginia
b)
North Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
Florida
24.
The first slaves in the English colonies worked on plantations there...
a)
Maryland
b)
Delaware
c)
Virginia
d)
Georgia
25.
The Duke of York gave this land to Lord John Berkley and Sir George Carteret.
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Maryland
26.
Term for the owner of a colony
a)
Master
b)
Owner
c)
Proprietor
d)
Boss Man
27.
It was the first example of "representative governement" in America
a)
General Court
b)
Legislature
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Assembly
28.
This group of colonies had the most diversity.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
29.
This group of colonies mainly made their living from shipbuilding, fishing, and trade.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
30.
This group of colonies had many different churches and offered more religious tolerance.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
31.
This group of colonies had large plantations and raised cash crops like tobacco
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
32.
You were more likely to be educated as an apprentice in this group of colonies.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
33.
This group of colonies depended on slave labor
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
34.
Which group of colonies was set up as a deference society based on social rank
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Both New England and Southern
d)
None of these options
35.
Which term below refers to a society based on equality of people
a)
Deference
b)
Egalitarian
c)
Authoritarian
d)
None of These
36.
Which settlement listed never experienced a "starving time?"
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Philadelphia
37.
In how many of the colonies did the voters choose the assembly
a)
8
b)
10
c)
7
d)
13
38.
In how many colonies did the people choose the governor?
a)
8
b)
3
c)
2
d)
13
39.
Who was responsible for making sure laws were enforced?
a)
Governor
b)
Upper House
c)
Lower House
d)
Council
40.
Naval stores are the materials need for building ships like tar and pitch. Which of the following colonies had naval stores?
a)
Virginia
b)
Maryland
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
New Hampshire
41.
In wich of these colonies was rice an important agricultural product?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
North Carolina
d)
South Carolina
42.
Town Hall meetings were a popular way to discuss and pass laws in which group of colonies?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
43.
The Anglican Church (Church of England) was a tax supported church in which colonies?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
44.
An indentured servant.....
a)
pays off his debt by working without pay
b)
works for a set wage for a set number of years
c)
makes money from all the crops he plants
d)
owns large plantations and lives a sweet life
45.
Which does not apply to the Salem Witch Trials?
a)
They helped colonists recognize the need for the separation of church and government
b)
They illustrated the need for legal protections for accused persons
c)
They influenced the development of our legal system.
d)
The accused persons were given a fair trial based on factual evidence.
46.
On what river is Philadelphia located?
a)
Hudson River
b)
Potomac
c)
Delaware River
d)
Philadelphia River
47.
If you drove east on the Ben Franklin Bridge (US 676) from Philadelphia, what state would you be in?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
New Jersey
c)
New York
d)
Delaware
48.
The George Washington Bridge in New York is on what river?
a)
Hudson
b)
Newark Bay
c)
Ohio
d)
Delaware
49.
What is the capital of New York, located on the Hudson River
a)
Manhattan
b)
New York City
c)
Albany
d)
Syracuse
50.
Today, the manmade Erie Canal connects Albany with what New York city on Lake Erie?
a)
Syracuse
b)
Rochester
c)
Buffalo
d)
Toledo
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