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WorksheetsColonial Development
Total questions: 91
Worksheet time: 2hrs 31mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
Who started the Protestant Reformation?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Sir Francis Drake
c)
John White
2.
What did the Protestant Reformation do?
a)
Attacked Spain's fleet of ships
b)
Protested some practices of the Catholic Church
c)
Settled in Roanoke
3.
Fighting broke out between ______ and ______ leading to civil war and destruction
a)
France and England
b)
America and England
c)
Catholics and Protestant
4.
Subsequently, _____ begin
a)
Different religions
b)
No new religions
c)
A virus
5.
Spain used much of her wealth to fight the _____
a)
Spanish Armada
b)
Protestant Reformation
c)
French
6.
Spain is dominantly Catholic
a)
True
b)
False
7.
Who are the English Sea Dogs?
a)
Martin Luther
b)
Sir Francis Drake
c)
John White
8.
English Sea Dogs
a)
Attack Spain's land
b)
Attack Spain's land in the new world
c)
Attack Spain's fleet
9.
England gains
a)
Wealth
b)
Land
c)
All of Spain
10.
Spain loses power - England ____ power
a)
Loses
b)
Gains
11.
Paved the way for English colonization in
a)
Spain
b)
France
c)
the New World
12.
Who was the leader of Roanoke?
a)
John White
b)
John Smith
c)
John Rolfe
13.
Where was Roanoke located?
a)
Virginia
b)
Outer banks of North Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
14.
What happened to Roanoke?
a)
The natives killed everyone
b)
The colonists decided to move
c)
No one knows
15.
Was Roanoke a good area to settle?
a)
No, Roanoke Island was a swamp with no fresh water and saltwater marshes
b)
Yes, the farmland was fertile and there were many forests and animals
16.
The only clue that the Roanoke people were even there was the word "Croatoan".
a)
False
b)
True
17.
Who was the leader of Jamestown?
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
Captain John Smith
c)
First the Joint Stock Company (the Virginia Company) then Captain John Smith
18.
Where was Jamestown located?
a)
Virginia, James River
b)
Outer banks of North Carolina
c)
Massachusetts
19.
Why did the settlers go to Jamestown?
a)
To practice their own religion
b)
For adventure, to obtain gold, and to trade with Native Americans
c)
So, they could make the king and queen happy
20.
Why did Jamestown nearly fail?
a)
No one had any experience/skill
b)
No fresh water
c)
Poor location - Swampy land filled with mosquitos that carried diseases
d)
All of the above
21.
Why did Jamestown survive?
a)
John Smith put people to work (building houses, wells, farms, setting up trade with the Native Americans)
b)
They didn't
c)
They survived because the Native Americans showed them how to farm and survive
22.
Why did John Smith go back to England?
a)
Jamestown failed
b)
He got injured
c)
England needed him
23.
What happens to Jamestown once John Smith leaves?
a)
The colony is fine
b)
The colony becomes even more successful
c)
The colony falls apart
24.
What was it called when Jamestown fell apart?
a)
The Starving Time
b)
The Great Migration
c)
The Rich Time
25.
How did Jamestown survive for the second time?
a)
They didn't
b)
John Rolfe introduces tobacco ("Brown Gold") Makes huge profit for England
c)
John Smith forced the colonists to work hard to build buildings and to create farms
26.
A person who agreed to work for someone for a period of time that someone would pay their way to the New World. After time of servitude was done the _____ would be freed to live in the New World.
a)
Slave
b)
Butler/Maid
c)
Indentured Servant
27.
Why did planters need slaves?
a)
To work on the tobacco fields
b)
To fish
c)
To work in the shops
28.
Who tried to run the colony but the colonists did not agree with their rules?
a)
John Rolfe
b)
The Virginia Company
c)
John White
29.
Settlers in Virginia created the first elected legislature in the New World called _____
a)
General Court
b)
Orders of Virginia
c)
House of Burgesses
30.
What is a legislature?
a)
A body of people that has the power to make laws
b)
A body of people that has the power to vote
c)
A body that has the power to declare war
31.
John Smith was captured by the natives and was let free
a)
False
b)
True
32.
John Smith ____ Pocahontas
a)
Killed
b)
Killed and ate
c)
Married
33.
The Pilgrims were also known as _____
a)
Separatists
b)
Strangers
c)
Savages
34.
Why did the Pilgrims come to the New World?
a)
To find riches
b)
To separate from the Church of England and to escape religious persecution
c)
To join the Puritans
35.
The Pilgrims first went to ____ then went back to England
a)
America
b)
Mexico
c)
Holland, Netherlands
36.
What happened to the Pilgrim's ship, the Speedwell?
a)
The ship took on too much water
b)
The ship was bombed by England
c)
The ship go sunk by Spain
37.
The Pilgrim's ship was heading to ___ but landed in ___
a)
Massachusetts/Virginia
b)
Virginia/Massachusetts
c)
Virginia/Canada
38.
The Pilgrims had landed in the ____ time, so they had to wait on the ship
a)
Fall
b)
Summer
c)
Winter
39.
What did the Pilgrims do on the ship?
a)
They created a set of rulers to govern themselves by
b)
They selected the leaders of the colony
c)
They wrote a journal telling about their journey to America
40.
What happened to the Pilgrims during the first year?
a)
They found tobacco and became very wealth
b)
Since they landed during winter they couldn't plant crops or build houses so, many died
c)
They planted corn and built housing, nothing horrible happened
41.
Who were the Puritans?
a)
A group from England that wanted to destroy the Church of England
b)
A group from England that wanted to separate from the Church of England
c)
A group from England that wanted to purify the Church of England
42.
Where did the Pilgrims settle?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Massachusetts
c)
Cape Cod
43.
Where did the Puritans settle?
a)
Plymouth
b)
Massachusetts Bay
c)
Virginia
44.
What was the Great Migration?
a)
When 15,000 people moved from Massachusetts Bay Colony to England
b)
When 15,000 people moved from England to Virginia
c)
When 15,000 people moved from England to Massachusetts Bay Colony
45.
The Pilgrims elected _____ and _____ as the first governors of the colony
a)
John Carver and William Bradford
b)
John Smith and William Penn
c)
John Whithrop and William Rogers
46.
____ envisioned building a model society that would set an example for the rest of the world based on biblical techings
a)
John Carver
b)
John Winthrop
c)
William Bradford
47.
The society that John Winthrop envisioned was called _____
a)
City Upon A World
b)
City Upon A Mountain
c)
City Upon A Hill
48.
The Pilgrims created the ___
a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Speedwell Compact
c)
Mayflower Court
49.
The ____ created the ____
a)
Puritans/Mayflower Compact
b)
Puritans/General Court
c)
Pilgrims/General Court
50.
What was the General Court?
a)
A group of representatives that gave news to and from England
b)
A group of representatives that made sure that people were doing their part in society
c)
A group of representatives that made laws for the society
51.
Everyone worked hard, everyone had chores, very strict
a)
Pilgrim
b)
Puritan
52.
Life revolved around religion, everyone worked hard in the community
a)
Pilgrim
b)
Puritan
53.
Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay Colony merged to create _____
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
54.
____ and ____ merged into Massachusetts
a)
Plymouth/Massachusetts Bay Colony
b)
Plymouth/Virginia
c)
Massachusetts Bay Colony/Virginia
55.
Rhode Island was founded by two people who were
a)
Also the founders of Massachusetts
b)
Kicked out of Massachusetts
c)
Kicked out of Virgina
56.
____ and ____ were the founders of Rhode Island
a)
John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges
b)
Thomas Hooker and William Bradford
c)
Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson
57.
Roger Williams spoke out against the ____
a)
Puritan Church
b)
Church of England
c)
General Court
58.
Roger Williams thought that the Puritan Church had ____
a)
Too little power
b)
Too much power
59.
The first settlement in Rhode Island was ____
a)
Plymouth
b)
Jamestown
c)
Providence
60.
What did Anne Hutchinson do?
a)
Held secret meetings in her house talking about the General Court and the Puritan Church
b)
Held secret meetings in her house talking about the Church of England
c)
Tried to destroy the Puritan Church
61.
People who disagreed with ____ followed Roger Williams to settle in ____
a)
England rules/Rhode Island
b)
Puritan rules/Rhode Island
c)
Puritan rules/Massachusetts
62.
Anne Hutchinson was tried in front of the ____ and was banished from ____
a)
Puritan Court/Virginia
b)
General Court/Massachusetts
c)
Puritan Court/Massachusetts
63.
Anne Hutchinson, her family, and her friends went with her to ___
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
64.
Roger Williams set up a government that
a)
believed in following England's demands
b)
believed in separation of church and state
c)
believed that the church should have all of the power
65.
The church in Rhode Island could not influence the laws of the colony
a)
True
b)
False
66.
Rhode Island offered ____
a)
Wealth
b)
Religious tolerance
c)
Free land to people who brought 50 settlers
67.
Connecticut was founded by a group of people who left ____
a)
Rhode
b)
England
c)
Massachusetts
68.
____ was the founder of Connecticut
a)
Thomas Hooker
b)
Roger Williams
c)
John Carver
69.
Thomas Hooker led a group to settle Connecticut, finding the settlement of ____
a)
Providence
b)
Hartford
c)
Jamestown
70.
What was the government of Connecticut?
a)
Connecticut Compact
b)
General Court of Connecticut
c)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
71.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut allowed
a)
All men who owned property to vote
b)
All men who were members of the church to vote
c)
All colonist who owned property to vote
72.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut allowed people that weren't ____ to vote
a)
Men
b)
Members of the church
c)
Settlers from England
73.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut also limited the power of the ____
a)
Colonists
b)
Church
c)
Governor
74.
Connecticut offered ____ and ____
a)
Better farmland and all male property owners could vote
b)
Better farmland and all women could vote
c)
Lots of silver and all male property owners could vote
75.
New Hampshire was a small colony which was created in a land grant by the King of England
a)
False
b)
True
76.
____ and ____ were the founders of New Hampshire
a)
Thomas Hooker and Anne Hutchinson
b)
John Mason and William Bradford
c)
John Mason and Sir Ferdinando Gorges
77.
The two main settlements in New Hampshire were ____ and ____
a)
Portsmouth and Dover
b)
Hartford and Jamestown
c)
Providence and Plymouth
78.
New Hampshire was under jurisdiction of the ____
a)
General Court of New Hampshire
b)
General Court of Massachusetts
c)
Church of England
79.
New Hampshire offered profits from ____
a)
Fur
b)
Tobacco
c)
Trade/manufacturing
80.
New Hampshire offered lumber for ____
a)
Ship building
b)
House building
c)
Fires
81.
New Hampshire offered profits from ____ fishing
a)
Whale
b)
Crab
c)
Catfish
82.
New England's geography is
a)
Large coastal plains
b)
Rolling hills and plains
c)
Hilly, rocky soil
83.
New England had horrible harbors/ports
a)
False
b)
True
84.
New England had mild, short ____ and ____ winters
a)
Falls/cold and harsh
b)
Summers/cold and harsh
c)
Summers/mild
85.
New England had a short growing season
a)
True
b)
False
86.
New England had small subsistence ____
a)
Fishing
b)
Farming
c)
Lumbering
87.
Most economy came from fishing, whaling, ship building, fur trapping, lumbering, and trade in what colonies?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
88.
Mostly Puritans and religion was very important
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
89.
Best Educated of the colonies, first public schools, and first college (Harvard)
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
90.
Salt box homes, kitchen used for cooking and a heating source, tightly packed towns and villages built around the meetinghouse and church
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
91.
As more colonists settled in New England, they began to take more ____ lands
a)
Native American
b)
Spanish
c)
French
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