WorksheetsThe Northern Colonies
Total questions: 23
Worksheet time: 12mins
Massachusetts was originally divided into these two colonies.
Massachusetts Bay Colony & Plymouth
Boston and New York
Massachusetts Bay Colony & Boston
Nantucket and Martha's Vineyard
The Pilgrims lived in this country for more than a decade before traveling to the New World.
England
Cuba
The Netherlands
Ireland
What colony is this?
Florida
Massachusetts
New York
Rhode Island
The Mayflower compact was...
a story about pilgrims
the first written framework of gov't in the colonies
a way to distribute land
a boarding pass for the Mayflower
Who were the "strangers?"
Secular (non-religious) colonists in Plymouth
the Pilgrims
British nobility
people you don't know
Why did half of the 1620 settlers die during the first winter?
harsh weather
Disease
poor nutrition
all of the above
Who was Squanto?
a Patuxet man who befriended the Pilgrims (he spoke English)
A Spanish general
The King of England
Pocahontas' brother
The Puritans...
Founded New York
Loved Quakers
started the MA Bay colony
are religiously tolerant
Name two schools in Boston built by the Puritans.
Tufts and University of Massachusetts
Boston College and Boston University
Harvard and Boston Latin
The New School and Oxford
Why was literacy so important to Puritans?
So everyone could read the Bible.
The Puritans wanted to start newspapers.
so that everyone could read To Kill a Mockingbird.
They liked smart people.
T/F Puritans were tolerant of other religions.
True
False
What is a Theocracy?
Government controlled by religious doctrine.
The church.
A government controlled by the people.
A government controlled by a king.
Who was Mary Dyer?
The first woman president of Harvard
John Winthrop's wife.
A Puritan minister
A Quaker who was hanged for her beliefs.
He was the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Miles Standish
John Smith
John Winthrop
Jerry Garcia
Who was Metacom (King Philip)?
Pocahontas' father
The chief who led the fight against English settlers.
Squanto's brother
The Pilgrims' translator
What was the primary cause of King Philip's war.
Colonists taking more land.
Religious Intolerance.
Philip married John Winthrop's wife.
Philip wanted to live in England.
Thomas Hooker established...
New York
Maryland
Maine
Connecticut
Why was Rhode Island established?
Because Roger Williams hated Indians.
To be near the coast
As a haven for the religious freedom.
Free land for settlers.
Who first established a colony in what is now New York.
France
The British
The Dutch
The Danish
New Netherlands was renamed New York because...
The France took it over in 1999
The British took it over in 1864
The Dutch wanted to change the name.
The British took it over in 1664
Peter Stuyvesant was...
founder of Pennsylvania
longtime governor of New Netherlands
King of France
Puritan governor of MA Bay Colony
The Dutch bought Manhattan for about...
$24
Man...it was free!
$240
$1
What colony is this?
New Hampshire
Vermont
Massachusetts
New York
