WorksheetsColonization of America
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 27mins
What were Spain's goal in colonization?
convert natives and beat England
convert natives and mine for gold
Beat England and establish the fur trade
Establish a perfect Catholic society and destroy all Protestants
Which country sent single men who married natives and adopted tribal customs?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
What was the purpose of the first English colony?
to find gold
trade for furs with the Indians
escape religious persecution
conquer Indians for the slave trade
How did the fur trade encourage the French to treat natives differently?
The French treated natives as slaves and tortured those who wouldn't work.
The French ignored the natives and trapped animals on their own.
The French treated more like equals because they needed the Indians to trade with them.
The French purposely infected the natives so they wouldn't compete in the fur trade.
What was the first successful English colony?
Plymouth, Massachusetts
Jamestown, Virginia
Washington, D.C.
Roanoke, Virginia
Why did the Puritans found Massachusetts?
They came to make money for investors who paid their passage.
They came to spread the Puritan religion to natives.
The colony was to be an example of a perfect society.
They wanted the freedom to practice their religion.
Which European country was the most successful in colonizing America?
Spain
France
England
Portugal
What is a charter?
economic plan to enrich England at the expense of the colonies
permission from the king to establish a colony in new lands.
the first colonial assembly in Virginia
an agreement among the colonists to establish self government
What do you call a person who gives up 3-7 years of service in exchange for passage to America?
Pilgrim
Burgesses
Slave
Indentured Servant
What crop saved Jamestown?
tobacco
corn
fish
cotton
What colony was founded by the Quakers on social equality and religious tolerance?
New York
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Georgia
This document was one of the first examples of self-government in America.
Jamestown charter
Declaration of Independence
Constitution
Mayflower Compact
This man established Pennsylvania.
William Penn
Roger Williams
John Smith
John Rolfe
Who married Pocahontas?
John Smith
John Rolfe
John Winthrop
John Adams
Which reason does NOT explain why slavery replaced indentured servants.
Indentured servants had legal rights.
Indentured servants competed with the master at the end of his/her term of service.
Longer life expectancy for slaves and masters.
Slaves could not run away.
What was carried on the Middle Passage?
manufactured goods
rum and sugar
slaves
raw materials
What was mercantilism?
an economic system to strengthen and enrich the mother country so it may compete with other empires.
a document signed by the Puritans which established the idea of self-government in the colonies.
A colonial assembly which taxed the colonists and paid the governor for Parliament.
the belief that all humans possessed natural rights which the government must protect.
What were the Navigation Acts?
laws which punished any religious dissident in Massachusetts
laws to reward the colonial assemblies which cooperated with England
Contracts between an indentured servant and his/her master
Laws which restricted trade with the colonies.
Which of the following statements does NOT describe mercantilism's effect on colonial America?
England became a dominant empire and provided it's colonists with a multitude of cheap goods.
Colonial Americans found ways to avoid the negative effects through smuggling and bribery.
The colonies in America starved as they had to rely on the small trickle of goods shipped by England.
The Spanish and the French claimed more land in America because England could not convince people to move to the colonies.
What was salutary neglect?
England allowed the colonists to trade with the Native Americans
Colonists ignored the Native Americans if they would convert to the Anglican church
England ignored the self government in the colonies as long as they cooperated economically.
England spent a lot of money to send soldiers and royal officials to dominate the colonists.
What was the result of salutary neglect in the colonies?
The colonists hated the oppressive English king.
The colonists were used to governing themselves.
England treated America as a spoiled child.
France went to war with England for the Ohio River Valley
What the religious revival in the colonies in the 1750s?
the Great Awakening
The Salem witch trials
Burgesses Awakening
The Pequot Revival
What was an effect of the Great Awakening? choose 2
more churches and more religious tolerance
fewer Puritans and more Catholics in America
colonists began to think they could choose their religion and government
Colonies like Pennsylvania doubled in number as people flocked to the Quaker religion
This region had small family farms because of the rocky soil.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region grew tobacco on large plantations
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region was the breadbasket of America with its many wheat farms
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had few cities because the people lived on large plantations.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had small towns centered around a church and school.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region was culturally diverse and religiously tolerant.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region exported timber and ships
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region's life expectancy was around 45 years because of stagnant water and disease.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had a high literacy rate because Puritan's valued reading the Bible.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had large families and a healthy middle class.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had more men than women and a large slave population.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This region had high illiteracy rate because there were few schools.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
The population was split between the very rich and the very poor.
New England
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
What was the result of the French and Indian War.
The French lost Canada and the Ohio River Valley.
The colonists grew closer to England
Tensions grew between England and the colonies
France gained Canada and the Ohio River Valley
Who did Pocahontas save?
John Smith
John Rolfe
Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams
What did the Proclamation of 1763 restrict?
Colonist could only trade sugar and tobacco with England
France had to send goods on English ships.
Colonists could not move west of the Appalachians
Colonists could not develop industries which competed with England
How did the colonists react to the Proclamation of 1763?
they obeyed because the British soldiers built many forts
They disobeyed because England could not enforce it.
They smuggled sugar into the Bahamas.
They bribed British officials to let them move away.
