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Unit 3 - 13 original colonies

Total questions: 38

Worksheet time: 19mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which colony is #1?

a)

New York

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Massachusetts

d)

Connecticut

2.

Which colony is #2

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Delaware

c)

Virginia

d)

Rhode Island

3.

Which colony is #3?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

4.

Which colony is #4?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Connecticut

c)

New Jersey

d)

New Hampshire

5.

Which colony is #5?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Connecticut

c)

New Jersey

d)

New York

6.

Which colony is #6

a)

New Jersey

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Delaware

7.

Which colony is #7

a)

Delaware

b)

Maryland

c)

Connecticut

d)

Virginia

8.

Which colony is #8?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

North Carolina

c)

New York

d)

Massachusetts

9.

Which colony is #9?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

New York

c)

Georgia

d)

North Carolina

10.

Which colony is #10?

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Virginia

d)

North Carolina

11.

Which colony is #11?

a)

Virginia

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

12.

Which colony is #12?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Virginia

c)

South Carolina

d)

North Carolina

13.

Which colony is #13?

a)

Georgia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Virginia

14.

Which colony was founded by Roger Williams in 1636?

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts

c)

North Carolina

d)

Rhode Island

15.

Which colony was founded by John Winthrop in 1629?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Delaware

d)

Pennsylvania

16.

Which colony was originally Dutch but was taken over by the English in 1664?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Carolina

c)

Georgia

d)

New York

17.

Which colony was founded by Thomas Hooker in 1636?

a)

Rhode Island

b)

Georgia

c)

Connecticut

d)

Massachusetts

18.

Which colony was founded by two friends of the Duke of York in 1664?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Carolina

c)

New Hampshire

d)

Virginia

19.

Which colony was formed by John Mason in 1623, even though he died before ever going there?

a)

New York

b)

New Jersey

c)

New Hampshire

d)

Carolina

20.

Which colony was originally founded by Swedish immigrants, became English, and separated from Pennsylvania in 1704?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Delaware

c)

New Hampshire

d)

Georgia

21.

Which colony was the first permanent English colony, founded in 1607 and lead by John Smith?

a)

New York

b)

Massachusetts

c)

Connecticut

d)

Virginia

22.

Which colony was founded by 8 proprietors in 1663?

a)

Georgia

b)

Carolina

c)

New York

d)

New Jersey

23.

Which colony was founded by the Calvert family (Lord Baltimore) in 1632?

a)

Maryland

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

New Hampshire

24.

Which colony was founded by William Penn in 1682?

a)

Georgia

b)

Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Massachusetts

25.

Which colony was founded by James Oglethorpe in 1732?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Delaware

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

26.

Why was the colony of Massachusetts formed?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in government

27.

Why was the colony of New Hampshire formed?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/making money

c)

originally trade, but it ended up being a place to escape Puritan control

28.

Why was the colony of Rhode Island formed?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in the government

29.

Why was the colony of Connecticut formed?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

a place of debtors/buffer zone from Spain

30.

Why was the colony of New York formed?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in the government

31.

Why was the colony of New Jersey founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain

32.

Why was the colony of Pennsylvania founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in government

33.

Why was the colony of Delaware separated from Pennsylvania?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in the government

34.

Why was the colony of Virginia founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

a place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain

35.

Why was the colony of Carolina founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in the government

36.

Why did the colony of Carolina separate into North Carolina and South Carolina in 1729?

a)

religious freedom

b)

differences in economies and lifestyles

c)

more say in the government

37.

Why was the colony of Georgia founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

a place for debtors/buffer zone from Spain

38.

Why was the colony of Maryland founded?

a)

religious freedom

b)

trade/make money

c)

more say in government