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WorksheetsColonial America
Total questions: 50
Worksheet time: 25mins
What was the first PERMANENT British colony in North America?
New Amsterdam
Plymouth
Jamestown-1607
Quebec
What was a major Push Factor that drove people from Europe to the Americas?
Religious persecution
Natural Resources
Gold
Glory
Which of these is NOT one of the 3 G's?
God
Gold
Gage Steel
Glory
What is mercantilism?
Economic system where mother country provides colonies with raw goods
Economic system where colonies provide mother country with raw goods.
System of fabric weaving machines
The idea that the seller should make maximum profit to boost economy
A charter is given for what purpose?
Sets the rules for which people may move to North America
Legal document proclaiming the Divine Right of Kings
A fare across the Atlantic from Europe to North America
Written permission to settle an area of land
What cash crop/business venture saved Jamestown colony from financial ruin?
Cotton
Tobacco
Indigo
Memes
What is meant by the term "Agrarian"?
Based on Manufacturing
Professional Fisherman
Based on Farming
Economy based on shipbuilding
Plantations are...
Small farms that grow food crops, worked by white landowners and their families
Large farms that grow food crops, worked by white landowners and their families
Small farms that grow cash crops, worked by slaves
Large farms that grow cash crops, worked by slaves
What is a pull factor?
Newton's 4th Law of Motion
Something that draws people to a place
The measured strength of pulling objects
Something that pushes people away from a place
What is a push factor
Measure of Strength
Something that draws people to a place
Newtons 4th Law of Motion
Something that makes people leave a place
Subsistence farming is where...
only enough food for the family to survive is grown
cash crops are exclusively grown
large amounts of food is grown
both food and cash crops are grown
Migration is...
Where people stay where they are
term meaning limited supplies
The movement of people from one place to another
Related to the movement of animals only
What was the MAIN reason behind colonization?
Explore the oceans
Create new alliances with Native Peoples
Conquer new land
Economic opportunity
What statement is true of the climate and soil of the New England colonies?
Mild climate with fertile soil
Cold harsh winters and hard rocky soil
Hot climate with hard rocky soil
Warm climate with fertile soil
Based on the land and climate, what economic practices did people in the Middle Colonies typically practice?
Heavy industry, factories
Agriculture/ Plantation system
Shipbuilding
Agriculture, growing food stuffs like grain
The Southern Climate led to the development of...
Small farms only
heavy industry because of poor soil
Agriculture and the Plantation System
Shipbuilding and fishing
Shipbuilding and fishing were activities most associated with what colonies?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western territories
The major reason for the New England Colonies was
Economic
Religious freedom
Gain fame for conquering the wilderness
Shipbuilding and Fishing
True or False: The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut made Connecticut MORE democratic.
True
False
Strict religious practices in Massachusetts Bay, in NE, led to...
A just and fair society
Winthrop's desired, "City upon a hill"
The formation of other New England colonies when their leaders were expelled for their faith and ideas.
A civil war
William Penn and Quackers believed that...
All people were Children of God regardless of race and religious toleration
The superiority of the Catholic Church
Divine Right of Kings
Pennsylvania should be the capital of the colonies
The Act of Toleration was important because...
Allowed people of faith to be exempt from specific laws
Forbade putting people in prison for debt
Made slavery illegal in Maryland
Established the Principle of Toleration for people of other faiths in the colonies
What type of person typically worked plantations in the Southern Colonies?
Irish immigrant men
Enslaved African Americans
Chinese immigrant men
Land owners family
Why did representative government form in the colonies ruled by the King?
Distance from Mother Country made it necessary to solve own problems
The king was lazy
People did not like the king and did not listen
New ideas gained from Native Americans
What is Salutary Neglect?
Term meaning accidentally ignored
Colonies neglected for follow the rules and laws
England did not care
Britain allowed the colonies to self-rule with minimal interference for over 100 years
What did self government look like in Virginia?
The Constitution of the United States of America
The Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Plantation System Economics
Why was the Mayflower Compact significant/important?
Established Religious law in the colonies
Established the Plantation System in New England Colonies
Accepted the idea of Divine Right of Kings
An agreement that established the idea of self-government and majority rule
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut...
Stated the Governor was second only to the King himself
Was the first written Constitution in Colonies and established Self-Government by the people
Created an oligarchy of the elite in Connecticut
Set forth ironclad religious law in Connecticut
New York was originally founded by the _________ and called _______________.
French, New Paris
Dutch, New Amsterdam
Spanish, Tejas
British, New York
James Oglethorpe created the Penal colony of Georgia to...
Be a safe haven/place for debtors
Be his personal estate
Create incredible wealth for his family
Get away from King Jeremy the X of Prussia
The Transatlantic Slave Trade on the Middle Passage...
Brought enslaved Africans to South America only
Created little incentive for slave captains
Economically unprofitable
Brought enslaved Africans to the Americas
Triangle Trade....
Refers to the slave trade only
Was not profitable
Allowed for the transfer of different and new things to and from the Old and New Worlds
Allowed new levels of peace and understanding between Native Americans and Europeans to grow
Why were enslaved Africans more common in the Southern Colonies than the other colonies?
Colonial laws regarding rights of workers
The King only allowed it in the South
Moral reasons
Southern colonies needed a large labor force for Plantations and the other colonies did not
The First Great Awakening was...
Growth and spread of religious groups and feelings in the colonies
Economic boom caused by coffee farms in the south
Medical advancement allowed people to live longer
Growth of colleges in the Colonies
Thomas Hooker made Connecticut colony because...
He wanted to become wealthy
He was banished from Massachusetts for believing that all people living in a colony should vote, regardless of religious faith
He was given the land as a gift from King George for his valor in battle
Felt that the land was better suited for an industrious people
Charles de Montesquieu is famous for..
His book titled "The Prince"
His support of a Monarchical form of Government
The idea of Separation of Powers into Three Branches of Government
Generous donation of land to form North and South Carolina
John Locke is famous for...
Social Contract Theory that said Government was created by the people for the people
Support of King George and the Divine Right of Kings
Creating a new lock which prevented lock picking
Being the first governor of Virginia
What are Unalienable Rights?
Rights of Immigrants
Rights that you are born with that can not be taken away
Rights that can only be taken away by due process of law
Rights that are given from the King
Distance from England helped create the American ideal of...
Socialism
Democratic self-government
Darwinism
Frugality
The Virginia House of Burgesses was the...
Bank of Virginia where farmers borrowed money to grow cash crops
First European style building built in the colonies
First example of elected self-government in the colonies
The Governors House that served as a meeting place for Church leaders
What is Salutary Neglect?
Wrongful treatment of children
British policy of ignoring the colonies
Strict treatment of government officials
British policy of strictly enforcing laws upon the colonies
All of the British colonies were near what physical feature?
Open plains
Wide Rivers
Water and Trade Routes
Tall Mountains
Why was the economy of New England based on fishing and Ship Building?
Hard Rocky Soil
Flat Fertile Soil
Harsh Hot Climate
By the order of the King
What was the land like in the Middle Colonies?
Mountainous
Hard and Rocky
Flat and Fertile
Infertile
Religious groups made institutions like the Mayflower Compact and constitutions because of the need for...
Social Contract Theory
Navigation Act
Salutary Neglect
Self-Government
The Navigation Act states that...
Colonies should trade with other countries to gain their wealth
Colonies should use British approved trade routes
Not trade with anyone except the mother country
Colonies should only use British made maps, graphs, and charts
What colony was founded for Religious reasons in 1620?
Georgia
Plymouth
Jamestown
Pennsylvania
What British trade policy was influenced by Triangle Trade?
Salutary Neglect
Navigation Act
Act of Toleration
Mercantilism
What was the name of Montesquieu's tripartie system?
E Pluribus Unum
Separation of Powers
Mercantilism
Social Contract
What was the First Great Awakening?
Religious movement that saw the growth of different Religious groups
The First uprising in the American Colonies
Term for the effort to unite the colonies as one single colony
Anti-Religious Movement that saw the decline of faith
