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WorksheetsNew England Colonies
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 5mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
The British first attempt to create a permanent colony in North America was named what?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Roanoke
c)
Plymouth
d)
Massachusetts
2.
What is a royal charter?
a)
permission to buy a home
b)
permission to buy an ocean
c)
permission to create a colony
d)
permission to create a country
3.
The ____________________ ____________________________ was a joint-_________________ company.
a)
New York Corp, stock
b)
Massachusetts Company, stock
c)
Virginia Corporation, investor
d)
Virginia Company, stock
4.
The Virginia-Company's plan was to find_______________________ and establish trade in fish and furs.
a)
diamonds
b)
gold
c)
cooper
d)
steel
5.
What group of Native-Americans provided assistance to the people of Jamestown initially?
a)
The Miccosukee
b)
The Powhatan
c)
The Seminoles
d)
The Muscogee
6.
The Virginia Company started the Head-Right program to attract settlers. What was the Head-Right Program?
a)
50 acres of land to settlers
b)
40 acres of land to settlers
c)
60 acres of land to settlers
d)
30 acres of land to settlers
7.
England became a Protestant country in 1534 when __________________ broke away from the Catholic Church.
a)
King
Phillip
b)
Queen
Elizabeth I
c)
Queen
Elizabeth II
d)
King
Henry VIII
8.
Those people who wanted to create their own churches outside of the Anglican Church were none as what?
a)
Catholics
b)
Separatists
c)
Puritans
d)
Buddhist
9.
The Separatists that moved from England to North America became known as what?
a)
Anglicans
b)
Pilgrims
c)
Separatists
d)
Quakers
10.
The Mayflower Compact was America's first step in creating what?
a)
Development
of representative, democratic government
b)
Development of representative, dictatorship government
c)
Development
of representative, socialist governmen
d)
Development
of representative, unitary government
11.
Connecticut, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island were settled with the idea of _____________ ________________.
a)
Religious
intolerance
b)
Free
land
c)
Religious
tolerance
d)
Helping
Native Americans
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