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Worksheets13 Colonies
Total questions: 104
Worksheet time: 52mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who founded Pennsylvania?
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Lord Berkely
c)
William Penn
d)
John Mason
2.
Who founded Carolina?
a)
John Winthrop
b)
George Calvert
c)
James Olglethorpe
d)
8 Proprietors
3.
Who founded Virginia?
a)
John Smith
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
Lord Bere
4.
Who founded New York?
a)
Lord Berkely
b)
Peter Minuit
c)
John Mason
d)
James Olglethorpe
5.
Who founded Georgia?
a)
John Smith
b)
William Bradford
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
James Olglethorpe
6.
Who founded Connecticut?
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Lord Berkeley
c)
William Bradford
d)
George Calvert
7.
Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
a)
John Smith
b)
Lord Berkeley
c)
William Bradford
d)
John Winthrop
8.
Who founded New Jersey?
a)
Peter Minuit
b)
Roger Williams
c)
Lord Berkeley
d)
James Olglethorpe
9.
Who founded New Hampshire?
a)
William Bradford
b)
John Mason
c)
Thomas Hooker
d)
8 Proprietors
10.
Who founded Rhode Island?
a)
Roger Williams
b)
John Winthrop
c)
William Bradford
d)
John Smith
11.
Who founded Maryland?
a)
George Calvert
b)
William Penn
c)
Roger Williams
d)
8 Lord Proprietors
12.
Who founded Plymouth?
a)
William Penn
b)
Roger Williams
c)
William Bradford
d)
John Winthrop
13.
New Hampshire was settled due to Puritan harshness that drove the settlers north and inland.
a)
True
b)
False
14.
Puritan intolerance was a factor of the founding of Connecticut, Rhode Island + New Hampshire
a)
True
b)
False
15.
New Jersey's Act of Toleration permitted Catholics to settle with no fear of persecution.
a)
True
b)
False
16.
Rhode Island was settled to permit religious freedom for Puritans and Catholics
a)
True
b)
False
17.
A majority of the 13 colonies were founded with the purpose of granting some religious freedom.
a)
True
b)
False
18.
Every Southern colony was formed for the purpose of making profits from trade
a)
True
b)
False
19.
Both New York and New Jersey were taken by the English in what year?
a)
1646
b)
1667
c)
1664
d)
1648
20.
2 of the Southern colonies were founded in part as joint business ventures with investors seeking profits.
a)
True
b)
False
21.
Some colonies were created because those settling in it felt persecuted and so left their original colony.
a)
True
b)
False
22.
The most tolerant colony was started in _______ by Roger Williams
a)
Connecticut
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Rhode Island
23.
Georgia grew slowly because people felt as though their lives would be too heavily restricted.
a)
True
b)
False
24.
Maine was part of the middle colonies
a)
True
b)
False
25.
Delaware was part of the Southern Colonies
a)
True
b)
False
26.
Pennsylvania was part of
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
27.
Georgia was part of
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
28.
Long Island was part of
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
29.
Parliament overthrew James II because he was
a)
Growing ill
b)
Trying to make England like France
c)
Blaming France for all their problems
d)
Trying to start a war
30.
Will and Mary's catch to becoming rulers of England were that they had to sign the English Bill of Rights
a)
True
b)
False
31.
Do you know which colonies were located where on the map?
a)
Yes
b)
No
c)
Kill me
d)
Maybe
32.
Maine was founded by Fernando Gorges and John Mason
a)
True
b)
False
33.
"Holy experiment"
a)
Georgia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Maine
d)
Massachusetts
34.
Along side the tidal river
a)
New Netherlands
b)
Connecticut
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Virginia
35.
General Court
a)
Massachusetts
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Maine
d)
Delaware
36.
Retired Soldiers
a)
Virginia
b)
Maryland
c)
Delaware
d)
Georgia
37.
No slaves, drinking, strict laws, and grew slowly
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Georgia
d)
Maine
38.
Oath of Allegiance
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Maryland
c)
New Netherlands
d)
Carolina
39.
Trial for Heresy- forced to flee
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Connecticut
d)
Rhode Island
40.
Lacked outlet to sea
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Delaware
41.
Refuge for catholics
a)
Delaware
b)
Maryland
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Georgia
42.
Small subsistence farms, short growing season, fishing, whaling, trade
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
43.
Refused to serve in military or swear allegiance to king of England
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Delaware
c)
Georgia
d)
New York
44.
Squatters
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
New York
d)
New Jersey
45.
Carteret
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Massachusetts
46.
Peg Leg
a)
New Netherlands
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Carolina
d)
Connecticut
47.
Frame of Government
a)
North Carolina
b)
Delaware
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
South Carolina
48.
Mixture Colonies
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
49.
Silkworms for silk production
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Maryland
d)
Georgia
50.
Named for an isle near France/ English channel
a)
North Carolina
b)
Rhode Island
c)
South Carolina
d)
New Jersey
51.
Named for an island in Aegean Sea near Med. sea
a)
South Carolina
b)
Maryland
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Connecticut
52.
Breadbasket Colonies
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
53.
Church center of town and life here was especially dominated by religion
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
54.
Slow winding rivers, gently rolling hills, broad coastal plain, and longest growing season
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
55.
Quakers
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Delaware
c)
Connecticut
d)
Pennsylvania
56.
Pilgrims, Puritans
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Maryland
d)
New Hampshire
57.
Tobacco first planted here by husband of "Little wanton one"
a)
Carolina
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Virginia
58.
Named for Queen Henrietta Maria
a)
Maryland
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Maine
59.
De la Warr
a)
Delaware
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
60.
Latin for woods
a)
Maryland
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Delaware
d)
Maine
61.
Named for King Charles
a)
Delaware
b)
Connecticut
c)
Carolina
d)
Maine
62.
New Hampshire and Maine were the spillover colonies
a)
True
b)
False
63.
For trade, commerce and later for religious freedom, divided into east/west
a)
New Jersey
b)
Rhode Island
c)
New York
d)
Long Island
64.
Disliked the practices of the Roman Catholic Church, so they settled here
a)
Delaware
b)
Georgia
c)
Maryland
d)
Massachusetts
65.
City of Brotherly Love was here
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Georgia
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Massachusetts
66.
Shellfish, crab cakes, tobacco, iron, and fishing
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
67.
Named for Elizabeth I
a)
Delaware
b)
Virginia
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Massachusetts
68.
For Christina was here, and so was New Sweden
a)
New York
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Delaware
69.
Landlocked colony
a)
Delaware
b)
New Hampshire
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
70.
Thanksgiving
a)
Plymouth/Mass.
b)
Delaware
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
Maryland
71.
Cash crops, grains, mining, commerce and trade
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
72.
Poor rocky soil, fast moving streams and rivers, coldest winters
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
73.
Act of Toleration
a)
New Jersey
b)
Maryland
c)
Carolina
d)
Massachusetts
74.
Only 500 acres
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Virginia
c)
Carolina
d)
Georgia
75.
Patroons
a)
Plymouth/Mass.
b)
Georgia
c)
New York
d)
Long Island
76.
True religious freedom, bought land from Native Americans
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Carolina
c)
Georgia
d)
New Hampshire
77.
Alden and Standish went here
a)
Carolina
b)
Plymouth/Mass.
c)
Delaware
d)
Virginia
78.
1st synagogue
a)
Virginia
b)
Plymouth/Mass.
c)
Georgia
d)
Rhode Island
79.
Treated Native Americans well
a)
Georgia
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Georgia
80.
Debtor's Haven
a)
Delaware
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Carolina
81.
Solution to being landlocked
a)
Delaware
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Georgia
d)
New Hampshire
82.
Had the most diverse population, moderate winters, good rivers
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
83.
Largest plantations, dependent upon slavery, the social elite, rice tobacco, indigo
a)
Plymouth/Mass.
b)
South Carolina
c)
Rhode Island
d)
North Carolina
84.
Near Great Hill
a)
Virginia
b)
Connecticut
c)
Carolina
d)
Massachusetts
85.
Married young, made use of indentured servants, apprentices
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
86.
Divided into North and south
a)
Carolina
b)
New Jersey
87.
As protection from enemy to the south
a)
Delaware
b)
Virginia
c)
Connecticut
d)
Georgia
88.
Charleston
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
89.
Wilmington
a)
South Carolina
b)
North Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
90.
Boston
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Connecticut
d)
Rhode Island
91.
Providence
a)
Connecticut
b)
Plymouth/Mass.
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Georgia
92.
Hartford and New Haven
a)
Connecticut
b)
Maine
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Massachusetts
93.
Perth Amboy, Elizabeth, Trent's Town
a)
Long Island
b)
Delaware
c)
New Jersey
d)
New York
94.
For Orange, New Amsterdam, - later known as Albany and ______
a)
Long Island
b)
Delaware
c)
New Jersey
d)
New York
95.
Portsmouth, Exeter
a)
Connecticut
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Massachusetts
96.
Dover
a)
Connecticut
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Maine
97.
Permitted wealthy citizens to vote on matters of importance
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
New Jersey
d)
Maine
98.
Named by Verrazano
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Carolina
c)
Connecticut
d)
Rhode Island
99.
Delaware River
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
100.
Hudson River
a)
New Jersey
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Long Island
d)
New York
101.
Connecticut River
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
102.
Anne Hutchinson fled to here
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Delaware
c)
Georgia
d)
Plymouth/Mass.
103.
House of Burgesses
a)
Delaware
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
104.
Elected assemblies
a)
South
b)
Middle
c)
New England
d)
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