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Colonization Era

Total questions: 56

Worksheet time: 32mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Pennsylvania

a)

Catholics

b)

Quakers

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Puritans

2.
Massachusetts
a)
Puritans and Pilgrims
b)
Quakers and Catholics
3.

Anne Hutchinson and Roger Williams founded ________ for the people to practice their religion freely.

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Virginia

d)

New York

4.

William Penn founded _____ as a refuge for the Quakers.

a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Virginia
c)

Maryland

d)

Massachusetts

5.

Virginia

a)

Debtors

b)

Jame$town settlers

c)

Catholics

d)

Pilgrims

6.

Lord Baltimore founded Maryland as a refuge for the _______.

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

pilgrims

d)

rich nobles

7.

Which colonies had the rich nobles who owned plantations?

a)

Maryland and Virginia

b)

North and South Carolina

8.

What was the first PERMANENT English settlement?

a)

Roanoke, North Carolina

b)

Jamestown, Virginia

c)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

d)

Salem, Massachusetts

9.
Which of these was founded for economic reasons (profit)?
a)
Plymouth, MA
b)
Jamestown, VA
10.
Which of these was founded for religious reasons?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Jamestown, Virginia
11.

Georgia was founded--

a)

by James Oglethorpe to protect the colonies and plantations from invasion from Spain

b)

Roger Williams to flee persecution

12.

The reason why France colonized in North America was to trade ________ with the Native Americans.

a)

Cotton

b)

Furs

13.

James Oglethorpe founded Georgia for people who owed money called the __________.

a)

Catholics

b)

Debtors

14.

Slaves = _____________

a)

southern region

b)

new england region

c)

middle region

15.

Shipbuilding, fishing, whaling, lumber

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

16.

Plantations

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

17.

Freezing climate, rocky soil

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

18.

Describe the characteristics of the Middle colonies. Check all that are correct.

a)

wheat

b)

fertile soil

c)

livestock

d)

cotton

e)

iron

19.

Founded by Thomas Hooker for religious reasons

a)

Connecticut

b)

New York

20.
a)
Middle Region
b)
New England Region
c)
Southern Region
d)
Western Region
21.
a)
New England Region
b)
Middle Region
c)
Southern Region
d)
Western Region
22.

First group to want an end to slavery

a)
Quakers
b)
Pilgrims
c)

Catholics

d)

Rich nobles

23.
-Pilgrims
-Puritans
-Pray
-Plymouth
-?
Which is missing from the "Big P?"
a)
Persecution
b)
Protestant
24.
Which countries came to the colonies to trade furs?
a)
Spanish and English
b)
French and Dutch
25.
The Pilgrims landed in Cape Cod and settled in _______________.
a)

Plymouth, Massachusetts

b)

Boston, Massachusetts

c)

Jamestown, Virginia

d)

Charleston, South Carolina

26.

What region are the Pilgrims and Puritans from?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

27.

What year was the first permanent English settlement of Jamestown?

a)

1607

b)

1619

c)

1620

d)

1639

28.
In what colony is Jamestown?
a)
Virginia
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Maryland
d)
New York
29.

-Pilgrims

-Puritans

-Catholics

-Quakers

What do these groups of people have in common?

a)

Left Europe to escape religious persecution

b)

Settled in the colonies for economic reasons

30.

Which of these are characteristics of the New England Region? Check all that are correct.

a)

swift rivers

b)

rocky soil

c)

dense forests

d)

plantations

e)

freezing climate

31.

Describe the characteristics of the southern colonies.

4 lines
32.

The Catholics settled in the colony of (a)   .

33.

The climate of the middle colonies is ___________________.

a)

mild and moderate

b)

freezing, cold

c)

warm, hot

d)

amazing

34.
Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut
a)
1607
b)
1619
c)
1620
d)
1639
35.
Virginia House of Burgesses
a)
1619
b)
1620
c)
1639
d)
1777
36.

Which are true about the Mayflower Compact?

a)

first form of self-government

b)

formed a social contract (compact) between the Pilgrims

c)

written in Plymouth, Massachusetts

d)

limited the power of the monarchy (king)

37.

Which are true about the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?

a)

written by Thomas Hooker

b)

first written constitution in the colonies

c)

...based on the "free consent of the people.." (self-government)

d)

written by the pilgrims in Massachusetts

38.

First legislative assembly in the colonies-

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

c)

Articles of Confederation

d)

Mayflower Compact

39.

1639

a)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticute

b)

Virginia House of Burgesses

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Magna Carta

40.
a)
The Puritans allowed women to participate in government.
b)
The Puritans refused to obey the appointed governor.
c)
The Puritans outlawed slavery in Massachusetts
d)
The Puritans developed a form of representative self-government
41.
a)
creation of alliances between British settlers and American Indians
b)
election of British colonists to Parliament
c)
growth of representative government in the British colonies
d)
expansion of British trade in the Americas
42.
Which cause most contributed to the settlement of English Pilgrims in North America?
a)
the success of representative democracy in England
b)
diplomatic contact between Europeans and Native Americans
c)
the discontent caused by the American Revolution
d)
religious persecution in England
43.
a)
1: Indigo
b)
2: Moderate
c)
3: Rocky Soil
d)
4: Ships
44.
Why did the colonies need slaves from Africa?
a)
To work the plantations
b)
To build ships
45.
Which was the main crop grown in Jamestown and made them rich?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Indigo
46.

Cotton, indigo, tobacco, rice.

a)

ca$h crop$ grown in the middle colonies

b)

ca$h crops grown in the southern colonies

47.

By looking at this diagram of the triangular trade, what came out of Africa?

a)

Slaves

b)

Manufactured goods

48.

Port cities and natural harbors such as Charleston and Boston are--

a)

areas for trade and markets

b)

are located only in the Southern region

49.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
50.
a)
A
b)
B
c)
C
d)
D
51.

What is mercantilism?

a)

an economic system where people have the freedom to buy and sell what they want

b)

an economic system to make the mother country rich

c)

a social system to benefit the government

52.

What is being exported from North America during the Triangular Trade?

a)

raw materials

b)

manufactured goods

c)

slaves

d)

guns

53.

The Pilgrims and Puritans came to the new world from Europe to escape religious ______, mistreatment.

a)

persecution

b)

joint-stock company

c)

assembly

d)

constitution

54.

The slaves were needed in the southern region to work the ______.

a)

plantations

b)

charters

c)

burgesses

d)

debt

55.

The leaders of Virginia held an _____, a meeting to discuss the laws of the colony.

a)

assembly

b)

constitution

c)

joint-stock company

d)

persecution

56.

Which are true about the southern colonies?

a)

warm climate

b)

slaves

c)

plantations

d)

rich soil

e)

wheat

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