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WorksheetsLife in the Colonies
Total questions: 16
Worksheet time: 9mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
What are the names of the three colonies?
a)
New England, West Virginia, and South
b)
New England, Middle, and Southern
c)
American Colonies 1,2, and 3
d)
None of the Above
2.
The New England Colonies were known for...
a)
building ships, fishing, and hunting whales
b)
selling wheat
c)
House of Burgesses
d)
Plantations
3.
What did all of the colonies settle near?
a)
Mountains
b)
Water
c)
Woods
d)
Desert
4.
What are a few of the ways the colonist changed the land?
a)
Burned the Forests
b)
Cut down trees and Built roads and bridges
c)
Dug Rivers
d)
Built Forts
5.
What type of climate was in the Southern Colonies?
a)
Cold
b)
Very Warm
c)
Mild
d)
Not Sure
6.
What is the trade route named that goes between the English Colonies, England, Africa, and the West Indies?
a)
Triangle Sharing
b)
Trifold Movement
c)
Triangular Trade
d)
Square Trade
7.
Slaves in the _________ lived together in large communities and developed rich cultures with words, foods, and music.
a)
North
b)
South
8.
In the ________ slaves could but their freedom.
a)
South
b)
North
9.
How were the slaves transported from Africa and The West Indies?
a)
Middle Ship
b)
Middle Passage
c)
Middle River
d)
Train
10.
The south had more slaves than the north?
a)
True
b)
False
11.
Why did colonists prefer slaves over indentured servants?
a)
Slaves worked faster
b)
Indentured servants could earn their freedom
c)
indentured servants were older
d)
None of the Above
12.
What was the war fought by Metacom against the colonists nicknamed?
a)
King Metacom's War
b)
King Phillip's War
c)
The King's War
d)
King of the War
13.
France and England signed a treaty that surrendered most of its territory east of the ________ River?
a)
Delaware
b)
Michigan
c)
Mississippi
d)
Texas
14.
The Proclamation of ______ blocked colonists from settling west of the Appalachians/
a)
1324
b)
1763
c)
1672
d)
1673
15.
Colonists obeyed the order of the Proclamation of 1763?
a)
True
b)
False
16.
_________ __________ was a song created by the British to show the lack of respect the British had for the Colonists.
a)
Humpty Dumpty
b)
Yankee Doodle
c)
Ride Sally Ride
d)
Hopscotch
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