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Worksheets13 Colonies Review
Total questions: 81
Worksheet time: 47mins
Henry Hudson was hired by the __________________ to explore new lands and eventually found New Netherland for the Dutch.
Dutch East India Company
Patroon System
Proprietary Colony
Monarchy
The _____________ settled Pennsylvania as a peaceful and non-violent religious colony. They were also known as the Society of Friends.
Dutch East India Company
Monarchy
Tenant Farmer
Quakers
Agriculture means __________
Landscape
How people make money
Farming
Selling and trading products
The Dutch used the ________________ to get more people to come to New Netherland, by renting out land to farmers.
Tenant Farmer
Quakers
Fundamental
Patroon System
A person who grows crops on land that he rents, but does not own is a ___________
Tenant Farmer
Pacifist
Quaker
Monarchy
_______________ means basic, first, or most important.
Pacifist
Tenant
Monarchy
Fundamental
_______________ means to gather or collect.
Accumulate
Fundamental
Pacifist
Monarchy
The Duke of York gave his friends Berkley and Carteret the land of New Jersey, allowing them to create a ____________________________.
Charter
Monarchy
Proprietary Colony
Royal Colony
The Quakers were ______________ and did not believe in violence or war.
Monarchy
Pilgrims
Puritans
Pacifists
A government ruled by the king or queen is known as a ____________
Democracy
Monarchy
Fundamental
Dutch East India Company
People who had difference opinions and ideas as the town leaders were known as _______________ and were kicked out of the colony.
Pilgrims
Puritans
Dissenters
Economy
The king gave the colonists a __________, which was a written document that allowed them to settle new colonies
Charter
Commerce
Geography
Mayflower Compact
New England's _______________ has lots of dense forests, hills, mountains, rivers, and a rocky coastline.
Economy
Geography
Constitution
Persecution
The colonists in Massachusetts Bay signed the ____________ and used it to create their strict form of government.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Triangle Trade System
Religious Freedom
Mayflower Compact
The ________, also known as Separatists, created the Plymouth colony in order to separate themselves from the Church of England.
Pilgrims
Puritans
Dissenters
Constitution
New England's _________ was made up of fishing, whaling, logging, and shipbuilding.
Charter
Economy
Geography
Constitution
Rhode Island was created by people who wanted __________ so they could practice what they believed in.
Persecution
Triangle Trade System
Religious Freedom
Charter
The process of buying, trading, and selling goods and products is known as ________.
Commerce
Geography
Economy
Persecution
The __________ created Massachusetts Bay Colony as a perfect model of how people should live, and wanted to purify the Church of England.
Pilgrims
Dissenters
Puritans
Triangle Trade System
We base our system of government today off the _____________, which was the first written constitution in America.
Charter
Mayflower Compact
Religious Freedom
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
To attack or hate someone because of who they are, what they do, or what they believe in is called ______________.
Constitution
Religious Freedom
Charter
Persecution
The __________________ was a cycle that involved sending goods from the colonies to England, England would make money, and then they would capture slaves from Africa to send to the colonies to make more goods.
Religious Freedom
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Triangle Trade System
Mayflower Compact
A __________ is a written plan of government that tells everyone who we are, how we should live, what rules to follow, and what will happen when we break those rules.
Constitution
Persecution
Charter
Economy
A ________________ is a group of people who get together to make a new town or settlement for another country.
Colony
Monarchy
Charter
Cash Crop
Those who could not afford to buy a ticket to Jamestown signed up to be _____________ and promised to be a servant for 7 years for the person who paid for them to go.
Headright System
Triangle Trade System
Indentured Servant
Pilgrim
A colony that is run by a business (like Jamestown) is called a ____________________
Royal Colony
Proprietary Colony
Joint Stock Colony
Monarchy
To get people to move to Jamestown, every man who bought a ticket was given 50 acres of land through the ________________
Patroon System
Headright System
Triangle Trade System
Indentured Servants
Tobacco, the _________________ of Jamestown ended up saving the colony.
Cash Crop
Economy
Geography
Agriculture
The colonies _________ tobacco, ships, wood, fish, and furs to England.
Imported
Accumulated
Exported
Persecuted
The colonies _________ tea, sugar, and other goods from their home country of England.
Exported
Persecuted
Accumulated
Imported
A colony that is ruled by the king (like New Jersey) is called a _________________
Proprietary Colony
Royal Colony
Joint Stock Colony
Settlement
The ______________ was made up of common people and not trained soldiers, but were still surprisingly good fighters.
Mayflower Compact
Puritans
Militia
House of Burgesses
The first elected form of government was called the _____________ in Jamestown.
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Constitution
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What was the climate like for the people of the New England colonies?
Long Cold winters and mild summers
Warm, humid summers and mild winters.
Cold winters and hot summers
Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?
New England
Middle Colonies /Mid-Atlantic
Southern
In which colony was the House of Burgesses created?
New York
Virginia
South Carolina
Rhode Island
The economy of the Northern Colonies was based on fishing, trade and shipbuilding.
True
False
Why was Rhode Island founded?
Economic Disputes
Democratic Reasons
Separation of Church & State
Territorial Claims
Who founded the colony of Connecticut?
Thomas Hooker
William Penn
John Wheelwright
Anne Hutchinson
What group first settled the Massachusetts colony?
Quakers
Catholics
Puritans
Anglicans
Which of the following describes why the colonist began to smuggle goods: (Choose all that apply)
They hated the English taxes on their exports
The English wanted to control ALL trade with colonies in Asia, Africa, and America
Pirates saw an opportunity to steal from ships
None of these
How did the colonist trade enslaved people? (Choose All that apply)
They traded slaves in exchange for rum
They traded slaves in exchange for other goods as well
Pirates would punish sailors who imported slaves
None of These
Smuggling means
Trading good illegally
Trading slaves
Trading provisions
None of these
