WorksheetsUnit 3 - 13 original colonies
Total questions: 38
Worksheet time: 19mins
Which colony is #1?
New York
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Which colony is #2
New Hampshire
Delaware
Virginia
Rhode Island
Which colony is #3?
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Which colony is #4?
Rhode Island
Connecticut
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Which colony is #5?
New Hampshire
Connecticut
New Jersey
New York
Which colony is #6
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Rhode Island
Delaware
Which colony is #7
Delaware
Maryland
Connecticut
Virginia
Which colony is #8?
Pennsylvania
North Carolina
New York
Massachusetts
Which colony is #9?
Pennsylvania
New York
Georgia
North Carolina
Which colony is #10?
New York
Pennsylvania
Virginia
North Carolina
Which colony is #11?
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Which colony is #12?
Pennsylvania
Virginia
South Carolina
North Carolina
Which colony is #13?
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Virginia
Which colony was founded by Roger Williams in 1636?
Virginia
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Rhode Island
Which colony was founded by John Winthrop in 1629?
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Which colony was originally Dutch but was taken over by the English in 1664?
Pennsylvania
Carolina
Georgia
New York
Which colony was founded by Thomas Hooker in 1636?
Rhode Island
Georgia
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Which colony was founded by two friends of the Duke of York in 1664?
New Jersey
Carolina
New Hampshire
Virginia
Which colony was formed by John Mason in 1623, even though he died before ever going there?
New York
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Carolina
Which colony was originally founded by Swedish immigrants, became English, and separated from Pennsylvania in 1704?
New Jersey
Delaware
New Hampshire
Georgia
Which colony was the first permanent English colony, founded in 1607 and lead by John Smith?
New York
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Virginia
Which colony was founded by 8 proprietors in 1663?
Georgia
Carolina
New York
New Jersey
Which colony was founded by the Calvert family (Lord Baltimore) in 1632?
Maryland
Virginia
Georgia
New Hampshire
Which colony was founded by William Penn in 1682?
Georgia
Virginia
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732?
Connecticut
Delaware
Virginia
Georgia
Why was the colony of Massachusetts formed?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in government
Why was the colony of New Hampshire formed?
religious freedom
trade/making money
originally trade, but it ended up being a place to escape Puritan control
Why was the colony of Rhode Island formed?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in the government
Why was the colony of Connecticut formed?
religious freedom
trade/make money
a place of debtors/buffer zone from Spain
Why was the colony of New York formed?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in the government
Why was the colony of New Jersey founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain
Why was the colony of Pennsylvania founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in government
Why was the colony of Delaware separated from Pennsylvania?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in the government
Why was the colony of Virginia founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
a place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain
Why was the colony of Carolina founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in the government
Why did the colony of Carolina separate into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729?
religious freedom
differences in economies and lifestyles
more say in the government
Why was the colony of Georgia founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
a place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain
Why was the colony of Maryland founded?
religious freedom
trade/make money
more say in government
