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The Northern Colonies

Total questions: 23

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Massachusetts was originally divided into these two colonies.

a)

Massachusetts Bay Colony & Plymouth

b)

Boston and New York

c)

Massachusetts Bay Colony & Boston

d)

Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard

2.

The Pilgrims lived in this country for more than a decade before traveling to the New World.

a)

England

b)

Cuba

c)

The Netherlands

d)

Ireland

3.

What colony is this?

a)

Florida

b)

Massachusetts

c)

New York

d)

Rhode Island

4.

The Mayflower compact was...

a)

a story about pilgrims

b)

the first written framework of gov't in the colonies

c)

a way to distribute land

d)

a boarding pass for the Mayflower

5.

Who were the "strangers?"

a)

Secular (non-religious) colonists in Plymouth

b)

the Pilgrims

c)

British nobility

d)

people you don't know

6.

Why did half of the 1620 settlers die during the first winter?

a)

harsh weather

b)

Disease

c)

poor nutrition

d)

all of the above

7.

Who was Squanto?

a)

a Patuxet man who befriended the Pilgrims (he spoke English)

b)

A Spanish general

c)

The King of England

d)

Pocahontas' brother

8.

The Puritans...

a)

Founded New York

b)

Loved Quakers

c)

started the MA Bay colony

d)

are religiously tolerant

9.

Name two schools in Boston built by the Puritans.

a)

Tufts and University of Massachusetts

b)

Boston College and Boston University

c)

Harvard and Boston Latin

d)

The New School and Oxford

10.

Why was literacy so important to Puritans?

a)

So everyone could read the Bible.

b)

The Puritans wanted to start newspapers.

c)

so that everyone could read To Kill a Mockingbird.

d)

They liked smart people.

11.

T/F Puritans were tolerant of other religions.

a)

True

b)

False

12.

What is a Theocracy?

a)

Government controlled by religious doctrine.

b)

The church.

c)

A government controlled by the people.

d)

A government controlled by a king.

13.

Who was Mary Dyer?

a)

The first woman president of Harvard

b)

John Winthrop's wife.

c)

A Puritan minister

d)

A Quaker who was hanged for her beliefs.

14.

He was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Miles Standish

b)

John Smith

c)

John Winthrop

d)

Jerry Garcia

15.

Who was Metacom (King Philip)?

a)

Pocahontas' father

b)

The chief who led the fight against English settlers.

c)

Squanto's brother

d)

The Pilgrims' translator

16.

What was the primary cause of King Philip's war.

a)

Colonists taking more land.

b)

Religious Intolerance.

c)

Philip married John Winthrop's wife.

d)

Philip wanted to live in England.

17.

Thomas Hooker established...

a)

New York

b)

Maryland

c)

Maine

d)

Connecticut

18.

Why was Rhode Island established?

a)

Because Roger Williams hated Indians.

b)

To be near the coast

c)

As a haven for the religious freedom.

d)

Free land for settlers.

19.

Who first established a colony in what is now New York.

a)

France

b)

The British

c)

The Dutch

d)

The Danish

20.

New Netherlands was renamed New York because...

a)

The France took it over in 1999

b)

The British took it over in 1864

c)

The Dutch wanted to change the name.

d)

The British took it over in 1664

21.

Peter Stuyvesant was...

a)

founder of Pennsylvania

b)

longtime governor of New Netherlands

c)

King of France

d)

Puritan governor of MA Bay Colony

22.

The Dutch bought Manhattan for about...

a)

$24

b)

Man...it was free!

c)

$240

d)

$1

23.

What colony is this?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Vermont

c)

Massachusetts

d)

New York