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Colonial America

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

This was England’s first attempted colony

a)

New York

b)

James town

c)

Roanoke

d)

Georgia

2.

This was the first permanent colony in the New World for England in 1607

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Rhode Island

d)

James Town

3.

Over the next 125 years, England is able to develop this many colonies:

a)

13

b)

10

c)

14

d)

12

4.

Shortly after, the French and Algonquin attack a small Dutch outpost on the Mohawk River called

a)

New Hampsier

b)

New York

c)

Ohio

d)

Virgina

5.

In the Southern colonies, large farms were known as

a)

Plantations

b)

subsistence

c)

Auctions

d)

Navigation act

6.

rading to make the mother country wealthier so that it could become more powerful is an economic theory called

a)

Navigation act

b)

Indentured Servitude

c)

Smuggleing

d)

Mercantilism

7.

The greatest thinker of this age was

a)

Robert Dinwiddie

b)

George Washington

c)

Ben Franklin

d)

James Madison

8.

Most plantation owners bought and sold

a)

Servants

b)

live stock

c)

Aprentice

d)

Slaves

9.

Colonists would sell ____________________ materials to English merchants,

a)

Expensive

b)

worthless

c)

Raw

d)

Smuggled

10.

This was part of the ________________ trade between America, Europe and Africa.

a)

Triangular

b)

Circular

c)

square

d)

Rectangular

11.

By 1770 there were how many people living in the colonies.

a)

1.5 million

b)

2.5 million

c)

3.5 million

d)

5.5 million

12.

As the colonies grew, there was a call for everyone to return to their religious and moral values. This was known as the Great ___________. More churches were built and people started attending more and reading the Bible again.

a)

Navigation act

b)

Over Seer

c)

Enlightment

d)

Awakening

13.

Laws designed to prevent revolts or education were called ______

a)

Revolts

b)

Slave Codes

c)

Navigation act

d)

Auctions

14.

However, colonists knew they were not always getting the best price from England and traded illegally with another country like Spain, France or the Netherlands, known as

a)

smuggleing

b)

Breaking the law

c)

Slave codes

d)

Inhuman

15.

People started to read more and became more

a)

Confident

b)

Wealthy

c)

Smart

d)

Literate

16.

War that started on 1754

a)

Revolutionary war

b)

world war one

c)

French and Indian war

d)

Civil War

17.

The war started out as a fight over the _______Ohio_____ ______River______ _____Valley_______, a profitable area for trading furs with the Native Americans.

a)

New York River Valley

b)

Virginia River Valley

c)

Chicago River Valley

d)

Ohio River Valley

18.

Education took on more importance. The first college in America was _____

a)

Buffulo State Collage

b)

Harvard

c)

Empire State Collage

d)

Sage Collage Of Albany

19.

By the mid 1700’s, people living in Colonial America were tired of the French encroaching on what they believed was their land. A young 21 year old planter and surveyor from Virginia, ____George___ ____Washngton____ was sent to tell the French that they were trespassing on land that belonged to King George.

a)

John Adams

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

George Washington

d)

James madison

20.

Slaves were sold at ____________________ in the West Indies.

a)

Auctions

b)

stores

c)

farms

d)

Important events