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WorksheetsColonial America
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
This man wrote about atrocities committed by the Spanish in the new world:
Bartolome de Las Casas
Sir Francis Drake
Samuel de Champlain
Peter Minuit
This English colony mysteriously disappeared in the 16th century:
Jamestown
Newfoundland
Carolina
Roanoake
Which of the following is true of Jamestown?
It was founded for religious freedom
It was largely populated by families
Cotton was the main crop
It was intended to make money for investors
In 1617, English colonies exported 500,000 pounds of this crop. Within forty years, they were exporting fifteen million pounds. What crop was it?
Cotton
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
"Puritans" were given their name because:
They demanded morally pure living
They believed true Christians should separate from the Church of England
They believed the Church of England should be purified from elements of Catholicism
They wanted to create a perfect Christian society
This man was banished from Massachusetts, but established the colony of Rhode Island:
Roger Williams
Frank Jackson
John Winthrop
John Smith
This Dutch colonial city later became the English city of New York:
New Haven
New Bedford
New Amsterdam
New Netherland
Which colonial leader claimed his colony "a city upon a hill" with "the eyes of all people" upon them?
Roger Williams
Samuel de Champlain
John Winthrop
Anne Hutchinson
This powerful confederation of Native American tribes was strategically located in central New York
Iriquois
Cheyenne
Narragansett
Quapaw
Bacon's Rebellion occurred in which of these British colonies?
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Barbados
Virginia
Which of these industries was most prominent in the French settlement of Quebec?
Furs
Tobacco
Sugar
Rice
Maryland was established primarily as a colony for:
Puritans
Separatists
Catholics
Freed slaves
What percentage of indentured servants died before completing their years of service in the new world?
33%
50%
85%
20%
The headright system paid 50 acres of land to:
anyone who agreed to labor in the new world
anyone who fought for the colonies in the Pequot War
anyone who agreed to a term of indentured servitude
anyone who paid an immigrant's passage to the new world
Who convinced the colonists in Jamestown to grow tobacco?
John Smith
John White
John Rolfe
Pocahantas
