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Worksheets13 Original Colonies
Total questions: 52
Worksheet time: 32mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
How were the New England Colonies different than the original settlements in Virginia?
a)
Religion was very important to the New England colonies.
b)
The climate was milder in New England than in Virginia.
c)
Business and economic power was more important in New England than in Virginia.
d)
Tobacco was a major cash crop in New England.
2.
What was the most important principle created by the Mayflower Compact?
a)
Separation of church and state
b)
Popular soverignty and self government
c)
Representative democracy
d)
Electoral college
3.
Timber, whaling, fishing and ship building were the primary economic factors for which colonial region?
a)
Southern Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
4.
Which colonial region was settled by Puritans and Pilgrims seeking religious freedom?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
5.
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
6.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
7.
Which colonists were farmers and plantation owners who grew cotton and tobacco?
a)
New England
b)
Southern
c)
Middle
d)
Backcountry
8.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
9.
Why were the Mid-Atlantic colonies nicknamed "The Bread Basket?"
a)
They grew many types of grain.
b)
Making bread was a great economic opportunity.
c)
They ate bread with every meal.
d)
They imported many types of grain
10.
Which are the Middle Colonies?
a)
Main, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
b)
Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia
c)
Pennsylvania, New York, and New Jersey
11.
In general, why were MOST of the New England colonies founded?
a)
make money
b)
better soil
c)
economic opportunity
d)
religious freedoms
12.
The trade system developed by the colonies between Europe, the West Indies and Africa was called...
a)
Salutary or Benign Neglect
b)
Mercantilism
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Navigation Acts
13.
Persecution is what?
a)
Very Good treatment.
b)
Hostility and ill treatment.
c)
Undeserved treatment.
d)
Free food.
14.
The religion that was founded by William Penn was knows as __________.
a)
Protestant
b)
Baptist
c)
Catholic
d)
Quaker
15.
Which set of colonies thrived off of shipbuilding, lumbering & fishing?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
16.
Which colonists were the most intolerant of other religions?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
17.
Where did the major cities start to pop up?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
18.
Which set of colonies was the most "mixed" and diverse in terms of settlers including English, Dutch & German?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
19.
What geographical feature created the western boundary of the colonies?
a)
Atlantic Ocean
b)
Canada
c)
Appalachain Mountains
d)
Mexico
20.
What effect did Jamestown’s geographic features have on the colony?
a)
Short growing seasons were bad for farming
b)
Mountainous terrain and rocky soil made for great farming conditions
c)
Swampy water and mosquitos carried diseases
21.
REASONS FOR ESTABLISHING THE ENGLISH COLONIES:
Economic - Access to raw materials
Social - Chance for adventure
Both of the reasons listed above are examples of the _____________________________.
Economic - Access to raw materials
Social - Chance for adventure
Both of the reasons listed above are examples of the _____________________________.
a)
benefits of religious persecution.
b)
benefits of French business interests in the colonies.
c)
benefits of land ownership.
d)
benefits of discovering abundant minerals.
22.
Which geographical feature did all English colonies share?
a)
Most were located in warm climates
b)
Most had their populations concentrated near the coast
c)
Most had rich soil and good farmland
d)
Most established representative government
23.
Many large farms that only grew one crop
Climate is warm and soil is rich
Most of the labor is done by African slaves
The colony described in this list is most likely in which colonial region?
Climate is warm and soil is rich
Most of the labor is done by African slaves
The colony described in this list is most likely in which colonial region?
a)
Coastal Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
Middle Colonies
d)
New England Clonies
24.
How did geography most directly affect population growth in the colonies?
a)
Denser populations grew near major bodies of water
b)
Access to fertile soil allowed more densely populated settlements
c)
Settlements in the shelter of mountans had the densest populations
25.
Which puritan minister left Massachusetts to found the colony of Connecticut for politcal reasons?
a)
John Locke
b)
Gerard Montesquie
c)
Roger Williams
d)
Thomas Hooker
26.
What is the significance of the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
a)
First representative government
b)
Separated church and state
c)
It was the first constitution in the Americas
d)
Allowed women the right to vote
27.
Which colonial founder established the principal of separation of church and state?
a)
John Locke
b)
Gerard Montesqiue
c)
Roger Williams
d)
Thomas Hooker
28.
What was the main purpose of the Mayflower Compact?
a)
Establish a government
b)
Make peace with Native Americans
c)
Weaken religious influence
d)
Gaurantee free speech
29.
What is the significance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?
a)
Allowed women and blacks the right to vote
b)
Led to the drafting of the first constitution
c)
Established separation of church and state
d)
Gave colonists a voice in their government for the first time
30.
The Great Migration was the movement of
a)
Jews to Georgia
b)
Virginians to Maryland
c)
Puritans to Massachusetts
d)
Quakers to Pennsylvania
31.
What is the major industry of the New England Colonies?
a)
Cash Crops
b)
Metalwork
c)
Slavery
d)
Shipbuilding and Fishing
32.
WHAT OCEAN IS IN THE EAST COAST OF THE UNITED STATES?
a)
ATLANTIC
b)
PACIFIC
c)
INDIAN
d)
ARCTIC
33.
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
34.
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
35.
Which colonial region is most likely represented in the pie graph?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
36.
The first successful English colony in America was at:
a)
Philadelphia
b)
New York
c)
Jamestown
d)
New Orleans
37.
Which one was NOT a major crop grown in the Southern colonies?
a)
Tobacco
b)
Potatoes
c)
Rice
d)
Indigo
38.
1st representative assembly in North
America
America
a)
Magna Carta
b)
Virginia House of Burgesses
c)
Constitution
d)
Great Compromise
39.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during the colonial period?
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
frontier region
40.
A colony under the authority of the King of England
a)
royal colony
b)
Magna Carta
c)
proprietary colony
41.
They were nick-named the breadbasket colonies
a)
Middle Colonies
b)
New England Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
42.
What colony will be founded that will have the principle of separation of church and state?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Connecticut
c)
New Hampshire
d)
Massachusetts
43.
This colony is founded by Roger Williams and provides Anne Hutchinson and other settlers this concept which is lacking in Massachusetts.
a)
Religious Freedom/Tolerance
b)
Puritan Faith
c)
Self government
d)
Economic Venture and Opportunity
44.
What colony was a safe haven for Quakers?
a)
Massachusetts
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Maryland
d)
Georgia
45.
What colony will be a safe haven for debtors?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Georgia
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Maryland
46.
What colony will be a safe haven for Catholics?
a)
Rhode Island
b)
Pennsylvania
c)
Maryland
d)
Georgia
47.
The Virginia House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut all established —
a)
limited self-government in their colonies
b)
the right of colonists to select the royal governor
c)
the right of the press to criticize officials in power
d)
complete religious freedom in their colonies
48.
What do the Catholics, the Pilgrims, and the Puritans all have in common?
a)
They all supported the Church of England
b)
They were all persecuted for their beliefs
c)
They all settled in Massachusetts
d)
They were all affected by the Act of Toleration
49.
Which statement accurately describes the reasons for establishing Plymouth and Jamestown?
a)
Both colonies were established to bring wealth to stockholders.
b)
Plymouth’s founders intended to produce raw materials, while Jamestown’s foundersexpected to discover gold.
c)
Both colonies were established to limit the expansion of other European empires.
d)
Plymouth was founded as a refuge from religious persecution, while Jamestown wasfounded for commercial profit.
50.
Roger Williams was strongly in favor of which of the following principles of U.S. government?
a)
representative democracy
b)
the right to bear arms
c)
the right to a trial by jury
d)
separation of church and state
51.
Thomas Hooker started Connecticut because:
a)
He felt Massachusetts was to violent and not religious enough.
b)
He wanted to introduce separation of church and state into his colony
c)
He felt-non church goers should be able to serve in government.
d)
He wanted to attack Native Americans.
52.
When was Plymouth colony founded and for what reason?
a)
1607; Religious Freedom
b)
1620; Religious Freedom
c)
1607; Economic Venutre/Opportunity/Gold
d)
1620; Economic Venture/Opportunity/Gold
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