WorksheetsSSUSH1 Colonization
Total questions: 37
Worksheet time: 19mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
A type of business in which many investors buy shares of ownership in a company and share any profits the company makes.
a)
joint stock company
b)
sole proprietorship
c)
entrepreneurship
d)
non-profit organization
2.
Who was Powhatan?
a)
the first African slave to arrive in Virginia by way of the Middle Passage
b)
a Native American chief who was shot and killed by New Englanders in Rhode Island
c)
a Native American chief who ruled over much of the Virginia territory when English settlers arrived
d)
a Native American chief who made peace with the Pilgrims and helped them through their first winter
3.
What role did tobacco play in the history of Jamestown?
a)
It was the main crop the founders of Jamestown hoped to grow when they first established the colony.
b)
It caused fighting when the colonial government outlawed the crop and would not allow it to be imported.
c)
It turned out to be the cash crop that saved the colony.
d)
Although Virginians tried to raise tobacco, the crop failed miserably.
4.
A person who worked for another for 4-7 years to work off the debt he owed for his passage to the Americas; granted freedom and some land when time had been served
a)
Indentured servant
b)
Slave
c)
Mestizo
d)
Separatist
5.
He introduced a new type of tobacco to VA which proved to be highly demanded in Europe and highly profitable to the southern colonies.
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Smith
d)
Peter Stuyvesant
6.
English firm that was sent to the US in search of Gold. Joint Stock Company
a)
The English Foundation
b)
The Virginian
c)
The Virginia Company
d)
The English Virginia Company
7.
Native American tribe that the early settlers encountered
a)
Cherokee
b)
Sioux
c)
Powhatan
d)
Pocahontas
8.
First legislative body in the US.
a)
Parliament
b)
House of Representatives
c)
Congress
d)
House of Burgesses
9.
Introduced tobacco to the Colonies
a)
John Rolfe
b)
John Ronald
c)
Pocahontas
d)
John Smith
10.
Rebellion that had the goal of gaining more land
a)
Bacon's Rebellion
b)
Shays' Rebellion
c)
Turner Rebellion
d)
Whiskey Rebellion
11.
Tobacco cultivation was labor intensive. What did the colonists eventually turn to to accommodate this
a)
Machines
b)
Slaves
c)
Child Labor
12.
War between the colonists and the Powhatan tribe
a)
King Tut's War
b)
War of 1812
c)
King Phillip's War
d)
French and Indian War
13.
Most of the settlers came to the US seeking
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
Money
14.
Hundreds of women were tried for witchcraft and most of them convicted and executed in
a)
The Salem Witch Trials
b)
The Salem Warlock Trials
c)
The Salem Trials
d)
The Virginia Witch Trials
15.
The first permanent settlement in North America
a)
Virginia
b)
Jamestown
c)
Plymouth
16.
State that had it's charter taken and fell under Royal power
a)
Virginia
b)
massachusetts
c)
mississippi
d)
maine
17.
Originally settled by the Dutch, New York was first called
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
New Beijing
c)
New Deutschland
d)
Newfoundland
18.
Quaker searching for religious freedom, eventually founded Pennsylvania
a)
William Quaker
b)
William Penn
c)
Willy Penn
d)
Bill Penn
19.
The British established the Virginia Company in order to
a)
protect new Puritan settlers in North America.
b)
build ships to travel from Virginia to England.
c)
establish settlements on the coast of North America.
d)
import African slaves into America.
20.
Powhatan and Bacon’s Rebellion are connected because they both relate to which colonial issue?
a)
issues with Native Americans
b)
taxation without representation
c)
religious tension in the colonies
d)
formally declaring independence
21.
Which crop was significant to the early growth of the North American colonies in the 1600s?
a)
tobacco
b)
cotton
c)
uranium
d)
gold
22.
The Salem Witch Trials were primarily instigated by
a)
a desire to acquire Native American land.
b)
prejudice against New England Catholics.
c)
religious hysteria and social turmoil.
d)
propaganda from various British spies.
23.
Which describes the importance of town meetings in colonial New England?
a)
They were used primarily to resolve religious issues.
b)
They represent the first instances of direct democracy in the colonies.
c)
Events like the Salem Witch Trials were conducted in town meetings.
d)
It was through town meetings that the colonists interacted with Native Americans.
24.
King Philip’s War and Bacon’s Rebellion are similar in that both are examples of
a)
weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
b)
colonial conflicts with Native Americans.
c)
battles that took place during the American Revolution.
d)
unfair uses of taxation without representation.
25.
William Penn founded the colony of Pennsylvania
a)
to ensure religious freedom for Quakers.
b)
to escape Indian attacks in western New Jersey.
c)
after Kentucky proved to be too harsh for survival.
d)
after he failed in his family‘s business in England.
26.
Letter 'N' on the map represents which colony?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Virginia
c)
New York
d)
Rhode Island
27.
Letter 'A' on the map represents which colony?
a)
Georgia
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
New York
28.
Letter 'H' on the map represents which colony?
a)
Virginia
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
29.
During the 16th and 17th centuries many European countries adopted the belief that the best way to have a prosperous country was to heavily regulate the economy and limit imports from other countries while trying to accumulate as much gold and capital as possible. What is the name for this set of practices?
a)
trans-Atlantic trade
b)
imperialism
c)
mercantilism
d)
nationalism
30.
Mercantilism is MOST related to which other topic?
a)
Civil War
b)
cotton gin
c)
trans-Atlantic trade
d)
type of government
31.
The Middle Passage forever transformed American society by
a)
bringing millions of Africans to America for slavery.
b)
providing a quick trade route for American merchants.
c)
introducing the first Puritan settlers to New England.
d)
allowing the first British settlers to arrive in Jamestown.
32.
English Protestants who wanted to "purify" the church of any Catholic aspects of the religion
a)
Pilgrims
b)
Puritans
c)
Libertarians
d)
Baptists
33.
What was the House of Burgesses?
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a)
the home of Puritan leaders
b)
home of the governor of Virginia
c)
the Parliament in Virginia
d)
an elected governing body in Virginia
34.
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
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a)
to stop the Middle Passage
b)
to control the trans-Atlantic trade
c)
to end the Atlantic slave trade
d)
to halt the triangular trade
35.
The first successful British colony in North America was
a)
Roanoke, Virginia
b)
Boston, Massachusetts
c)
Plymouth, Massachusetts
d)
Jamestown, Virginia
36.
Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles?
a)
It met on board the Mayflower to draft laws that would help institute representative government in Massachusetts.
b)
It sparked the American Revolution by meeting and selecting Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
c)
It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.
d)
It drafted a treaty ending the French and Indian War.
37.
During the 1700s, North America’s African population grew immensely. Which of the following MOST LIKELY contributed to this trend?
a)
Emancipation Proclamation
b)
Declaration of Independence
c)
Great Britain's conquest of NY
d)
the Middle Passage
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