WorksheetsThirteen Colonies
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 11hrs 15mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the three colonial regions listed from North to South?
a)
Middle Colonies, New England Colonies, Southern Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies, New England Colonies, Middle Colonies
c)
New England Colonies, Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies
d)
Middle Colonies, Southern Colonies, New England Colonies
2.
In what part of the United States were the thirteen colonies located?
a)
Northern
b)
Eastern
c)
Southern
d)
Western
3.
What was unique about the Massachusetts Colony?
a)
The territory was made up of Massachusetts and present day Connecticut
b)
The territory was made up of Massachusetts and present day Rhode Island
c)
The territory was made up of Massachusetts and present day New Hampshire
d)
The territory was made up of Massachusetts and present day Maine
4.
What colonies were located in the Southern region?
a)
Georgia, Maryland, Virginia, South Carolina, North Carolina
b)
South Carolina, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Maryland
c)
West Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, South Carolina, Maryland
d)
New York, Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, Maine
5.
Which mountain range affected the Western line of the thirteen colonies?
a)
Rocky Mountains
b)
Cascade Range
c)
Brooks Range
d)
Appalachian Mountains
6.
What were the three main reasons for colonization?
a)
political freedom, religious freedom, fur trade
b)
economic opportunities, ship building, trading
c)
religious freedom, economic opportunities, political freedom
d)
religious freedom, trading, farming
7.
This was a document given by the English government that gave official permission to found a new colony.
a)
charter
b)
Fundamental Orders
c)
Mayflower Compact
d)
bill
8.
What is the definition of a pilgrim?
a)
a person who wears a black hat a black shoes with buckles
b)
an individual that went in search of religious freedom
c)
someone who left England to grow crops and have economic freedom
d)
someone who wanted to purify the Church of England
9.
The Mayflower was intended to land in the colony of ___________.
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Connecticut
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Virginia
10.
Thomas Hooker founded the colony of __________ because he was not happy with the laws of ____________. He felt that more people should have more power rather than one person.
a)
New Hampshire; Connecticut
b)
Massachusetts; Connecticut
c)
Connecticut; Rhode Island
d)
Connecticut; Massachusetts
11.
______________ believed in the separation of government and church.
a)
William Penn
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
John Winthrop
d)
Roger Williams
12.
New England colonists, living near the ocean, made a living with jobs such as ____________.
a)
fishing, fur trading, and shipbuilding
b)
trading and whaling
c)
whaling, fishing, and shipbuilding
d)
logging, shipbuilding, and slave trading
13.
New England villages were built around which structures?
a)
schools and town markets
b)
churches, town halls, and schools
c)
town halls, churches, and blacksmiths
d)
wells, town halls, and schools
14.
This colony was the first in North America to offer complete religious freedom.
a)
Georgia
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Maine
d)
South Carolina
15.
This was a person that had different views from those held by most people in the community.
a)
Puritan
b)
Seperatist
c)
pilgrim
d)
dissenter
16.
__________ believed that a person's own faith in God was more important than the church's rules and laws.
a)
Roger Williams
b)
Lord Baltimore
c)
John Smith
d)
Anne Hutchinson
17.
In the Middle Colonies, more people were focused on _______ rather than what religion people were.
a)
trade
b)
farming
c)
fishing
d)
wheat
18.
Why did New Amsterdam become known as New York City?
a)
the colonists didn't like the name and changed it
b)
the city was taken over by the English
c)
the Duke of York was greedy and wanted the city to be named after him
d)
the city was taken over by the Dutch
19.
Who founded the colony of New York?
a)
Duke of York
b)
King Charles II
c)
Dutch Colonists
d)
King Charles I
20.
Who was allowed to buy land in the Middle Colonies?
a)
white men
b)
Catholics, French Protestants and Jews
c)
white Jews and French Protestants
d)
men and women of wealth
21.
How was the colony of New Jersey created?
a)
Colonists became upset with the strict rules of the Puritans, so they created this new colony.
b)
The Duke of York decided that New York was too large to rule, so he gave a portion to his two friends.
c)
New York had strict laws, so the Duke of York decided to create a new colony that would allow people to worship as they pleased.
d)
The Duke of York was given New Jersey by his brother, King Charles II.
22.
This branch of christianity believed people could worship God without going to church, did not have a holy book, and believed in equality among men.
a)
Puritans
b)
Jews
c)
Quakers
d)
Seperatists
23.
This colony was a "holy experiment" where people of different nations and religions could live together in peace.
a)
North Carolina
b)
Virginia
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Pennsylvania
24.
This region was known as the bread basket.
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
25.
This colony had religious freedom, a governor appointed by the people, and no taxes without approval by the assembly.
a)
New York
b)
New Hampshire
c)
New Jersey
d)
Virginia
26.
What attracted people to go to the Middle Colonies?
a)
rich farmland, high social power, religious freedom
b)
fur trade, religious freedom, rich farmland
c)
fishing, trading, farming
d)
mills, farming, trading
27.
The colony of ________ was created from the land of Pennsylvania.
a)
William Penn
b)
New Jersey
c)
Delaware
d)
Maryland
28.
This separates the northern colonies from the southern colonies.
a)
Mason-Dixon Line
b)
Virginia
c)
Georgia
d)
Appalachian Mountains
29.
Jamestown settlers made a big mistake by
a)
focusing on finding gold rather than building shelter and finding food
b)
having John Smith as their leader
c)
eating contaminated food
d)
befriending the Native Americans in their area
30.
Many people wanted to go to Jamestown because the settlers there were economically successful in farming ______.
a)
corn
b)
rice
c)
fish
d)
tobacco
31.
This person was the founder of Maryland.
a)
Lord Charles Cornwallis
b)
Lord Baltimore
c)
Lord John Berkeley
d)
Duke of York
32.
More people arriving in the colonies led to
a)
limited resources to survive.
b)
more fighting among the northern colonies and the southern colonies.
c)
more conflict with the Native Americans.
d)
sickness that took the lives of many.
33.
Why did the governor of Virginia refuse to help resolve conflict with the Native Americans?
a)
he thought it was funny that everyone was fighting
b)
he was afraid that his people would be angry with his decision
c)
he was making lots of money off the fur trade with them
d)
he was making lots of money by selling weapons to them
34.
_______________ took up the best land located along the coast of the southern colonies.
a)
wealthy planters
b)
wealthy farmers
c)
greedy planters
d)
greedy farmers
35.
Why did Lord Baltimore want to create a new colony?
a)
to provide economic freedom for Catholics
b)
to provide religious freedom for Jews
c)
to provide religious freedom for Quakers
d)
to provide religious freedom for Catholics
36.
Plantation owners turned to using _________ as a source of labor.
a)
horses
b)
men
c)
indentured servants and slaves
d)
slaves
37.
This colony became a defensive buffer zone for the rest of the English colonies, protecting them from Spanish attacks.
a)
South Carolina
b)
Maryland
c)
North Carolina
d)
Georgia
38.
Why did James Oglethorpe found the colony of Georgia?
a)
so debtors could pay him back
b)
he wanted to give debtors a chance to work off their debt
c)
he wanted to enslave the debtors that got out of jail
d)
English jails were packed with debtors, so he wanted to set them free
39.
What colonies were located in the Middle region?
a)
Delaware, Pennsylvania, Georgia, New York
b)
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, New York
c)
Maryland, New York, Virginia, Pennsylvania
d)
Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia
40.
Cash crops in the south included
a)
rice, tobacco and peaches
b)
indigo, rice and tobacco
c)
tobacco, indigo and corn
d)
corn, rice, beans and tobacco
41.
In the Carolinas, this led to smuggling.
a)
heavy taxes to England
b)
heavy taxes to Georgia
c)
heavy taxes to the north
d)
heavy taxes to the south
42.
Which colony was a proprietary colony?
a)
Virginia
b)
Delaware
c)
North Carolina
d)
Maryland
43.
This was the first settlement in Georgia.
a)
Atlanta
b)
Savannah
c)
Charleston
d)
Jamestown
44.
What colonies were located in the New England region?
a)
New Hampshire, New York, Massachusetts, Rhode Island
b)
Massachusetts, South Carolina, Connecticut, Maryland
c)
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Massachusetts
d)
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Pennsylvania, Connecticut
45.
Both Pilgrims and Puritans wanted to separate from the Church of England.
a)
true
b)
false; only the Pilgrims wanted to separate from the Church of England
c)
false; only the Puritans wanted to separate from the Church of England
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