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WorksheetsThirteen British Colonies
Total questions: 61
Worksheet time: 2hrs 38mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Which group are the New England colonies?
a)
CT RI NH MA
b)
NC SC MD GE VA
c)
PA DE NY NJ
d)
IL IN MI WI
2.
Which colonies have large plantations?
a)
Middle
b)
Southern
c)
New England
d)
Northeast
3.
What are the "breadbasket colonies"?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
Eastern
4.
Which group are the Middle colonies?
a)
CT RI NH MA
b)
NC SC MD GA VA
c)
PA NY NJ DE
d)
CA NM AZ WA
5.
Why was Maryland founded?
a)
To avoid debtors' prison
b)
To create a safe place for Catholics
c)
To freely practice religion
d)
To have more job opportunities
6.
Why was Massachusetts founded?
a)
To have more job opportunities.
b)
Quakers wanted to found a community based on their religious beliefs.
c)
To escape debtor's prison.
d)
Puritans wanted to create a community based on their religious beliefs.
7.
Which group are the Southern colonies?
a)
CT NH RI MA
b)
NC SC VA GA MD
c)
NJ NY PA DE
d)
FL GA LA AL
8.
Why did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?
a)
They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great Britain
b)
They wanted freedom to practice their own religion
c)
They wanted to start plantations and earn money
d)
They wanted to learn from the Native Americans
9.
William Penn founded which colony?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New York
d)
Nebraska
10.
What is the major industry of the New England Colonies?
a)
Cash Crops
b)
Metalwork
c)
Slavery
d)
Shipbuilding and Fishing
11.
What was the New England economy shaped by?
a)
Rocky soil, long winters
b)
Fertile Soil, short winters
c)
Forest, mild summers
d)
Mountainous land
12.
WHAT OCEAN IS IN THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES?
a)
ATLANTIC
b)
PACIFIC
c)
INDIAN
d)
ARCTIC
13.
Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans because he
a)
Wanted Native lands
b)
Converted to Roman Catholicism
c)
Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way
d)
Wanted slaves of his own
14.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Nebraska
b)
North Carolina
c)
South Carolina
d)
Georgia
15.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Maryland
b)
Minnesota
c)
Connecticut
d)
New Jersey
16.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New York
b)
Maine
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Maryland
17.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
North Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Florida
d)
South Carolina
18.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New Hampshire
b)
New York
c)
New Jersey
d)
New Mexico
19.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Delaware
c)
Connecticut
d)
New Hampshire
20.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New York
b)
Connecticut
c)
Delware
d)
Massachusetts
21.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New York
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Virginia
d)
Ohio
22.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Virginia
b)
West Virginia
c)
North Carolina
d)
Florida
23.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
New Mexico
d)
Rhode Island
24.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New Jersey
b)
New York
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Maine
25.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
New Jersey
b)
Maryland
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Maine
26.
Name the state that is colored red
a)
Connecticut
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Maryland
27.
The hot, wet climate of the ____________________ colonies was ideal for growing cash crops.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Marsh
28.
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson helped create which colony?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Georgia
29.
Many settlers who lived in Georgia were
a)
Debtors and criminals
b)
Puritans
c)
Quakers
30.
Which country ruled the 13 colonies?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Portugal
31.
What is a land ruled by another country?
a)
Colony
b)
State
c)
Continent
d)
City
32.
The settlements in Virginia made a profit on what cash crop
a)
corn
b)
rice
c)
tobacco
d)
barley
33.
Why did slavery grow in the Southern Colonies?
a)
Not enough productive farmland
b)
A need for cheap labor
c)
Reduced cotton production
d)
Flood of indentured servants into the South
34.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
Ocean
35.
People who paid for their passage to America with labor were called:
a)
enslaved persons
b)
proprietors
c)
tenant farmers
d)
indentured servants
36.
What economic service opened as a result of the fertile soil of the Middle Colonies:
a)
Ship building
b)
Gold production
c)
Grain Mills and cattle farming
d)
Fishing
37.
Which colony converted from New Amsterdam; populated by diverse peoples?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Delaware
c)
New York
d)
North Carolina
38.
Which colony functioned as a separate colony under Pennsylvania's governor?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Connecticut
d)
Delaware
39.
Which colony was founded by Berkeley and Carteret who provided settlers with a representative government?
a)
New Jersey
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New Hampshire
d)
North Carolina
40.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
frontier region
41.
The long cold winters in the ____________________ colonies was not ideal for growing cash crops and so they focused on lumbering, fishing & fur trading.
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Winter
42.
Which settlement was the first permanent English settlement?
a)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
b)
Roanoke Island
c)
Jamestown, Va
d)
Fort Augustine, Fl
43.
What was the
Mayflower Compact?
Mayflower Compact?
a)
Form of government created by the people of Jamestown
b)
An agreement for self government based on majority rule, written by the Pilgrims
c)
A boat
d)
A charter from King George III
44.
Why was Massachusetts founded?
a)
To have more job opportunities.
b)
Quakers wanted to found a community based on their religious beliefs.
c)
To escape debtor's prison.
d)
Puritans wanted to create a community based on their religious beliefs.
45.
Who helped the Jamestown colonists?
a)
Pocahontas
b)
Sitting Bull
c)
John White
d)
Pikachu
46.
What region is this?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
West
47.
A,B,C, AND D ARE INCLUDED IN WHICH REGION?
a)
NEW ENGLAND
b)
MIDDLE
c)
SOUTHERN
d)
WEST
48.
Which one of the following was NOT a colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Florida
d)
Maryland
49.
Which colony passed the Acts of Toleration to help protect Catholics and promote religious tolerance?
a)
Georgia
b)
Maryland
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
50.
What were the three cash crops that created the plantation system in the South?
a)
Rice, indigo, and tobacco
b)
cotton, rice, and wheat
c)
Rice, tobacco, and corn
d)
Wheat, barley, oats, and tobacco
51.
What were the primary industries of New England?
a)
Fishing, farming, mining, and rice plantations
b)
Cattle, lumber, iron, and wheat
c)
Lumber, fishing, whaling, and trade
d)
Large plantations with tobacco, rice, and indigo
52.
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe to help debtors start a new life?
a)
Maryland
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Massachusetts
53.
Roger Williams clashed with Massachusetts Puritans because he
a)
Wanted Native lands
b)
Converted to Roman Catholicism
c)
Did not think government should force people to worship in a certain way
d)
Wanted slaves of his own
54.
Why did slavery grow faster in the Southern colonies?
a)
European diseases killed many Native Americans
b)
The dependence on framing in the Southern Colonies
c)
The dependence of timber for shipbuilding
d)
The arrival of Native Americans to the coast
55.
The main reason most of the early settlers came to the colonies of Maryland, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, and Rhode Island was to
a)
Obtain better jobs
b)
Seek religious freedom
c)
Search for gold
d)
Help win the war against the Native Americans
56.
What is a legislature?
a)
A religious organization lead by the pope.
b)
A group of elected officials who make laws.
c)
A group of lawyers who agree to represent the colonists.
d)
A group of judges who hear the cases in the colonies.
57.
What is toleration?
a)
willingness to let other practice their own beliefs
b)
forcing people to practice one specific religion
c)
to make someone suffer
d)
Soz's middle name (wink, wink)
58.
What are good brought into market from outside nations?
a)
exports
b)
gentry
c)
patroons
d)
imports
59.
What is the name of a person who practices under an expect to learn a trade?
a)
apprentice
b)
legislature
c)
patroon
d)
indentured servant
60.
Wealthy landowners in New Netherlands were known as
a)
gentry
b)
indentured servants
c)
slaves
d)
patroons
61.
These are goods sent to outside markets for trade
a)
imports
b)
slaves
c)
exports
d)
apprentices
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