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Chap 2 Colonies-Discovery

Total questions: 17

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which combination of factors contributed to the success of agriculture in the Middle Colonies?

a)

Tobacco and Indigo

b)

a flat landscape and mild winters

c)

Rocky terrain

d)

Forested area

2.

Which of these present-day rights originated with a political tradition established in Pennsylvania?

a)

A Democratic Government

b)

A Republican Government

c)

Freedom of Speech

d)

Freedom of Religion

3.

Which of these features was common to the governance of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania?

a)

They were owned by individuals but laws were made by the colonists

b)

They were owned and led by the King of Spain

c)

They were owned and led by the King of England

d)

Complete Anarchy

4.

Compared to other regions of North America, the soil in New England was

a)

Clear and Fertile

b)

A desert region

c)

Rocky and less fertile

d)

One word...RAINFOREST

5.

Which of the following statements could apply to both the Middle and New England Colonies?

a)

This region relied heavily on Slave labor

b)

They only made money with farming

c)

This region relied heavily on paid labor

d)

Their geography encouraged trade.

6.

This founder founded this colony to help the poor.

a)

James Oglethorpe, Georgia

b)

John Smith, Jamestown

c)

Anne Hutchinson, Rhode Island

d)

William Penn, Pennsylvania

7.

Which of these values was most important to William Penn?

a)

Land ownership

b)

Religious Tolerance

c)

Freedom to own slaves

d)

Going to war with Native Americans for more land rights.

8.

William Penn created a colonial assembly, or group of representatives, to make laws for the colony. Pennsylvania’s assembly was called the Provincial Council. Penn allowed colonists to elect the council’s members, one-third of whom were elected every year for three-year terms. This is an example of what type of government?

a)

Utopian

b)

Monarchy

c)

Republic

d)

Dictatorship

9.

This region used slaves for a large labor force on plantations

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

10.

Protestants and Catholics wanted the right to worship freely in the Colonial times . This resulted in...

a)

Bacon's Rebellion

b)

Amendment 1

c)

Quaker Churches

d)

Maryland's Act of Religious Toleration

11.

This region could not develop an economy based on Plantation due to poor and rocky soil and bad climate.

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

d)

Western Colonies

12.

You had to be a a white subsistence farmer in order to do the following in the colonies.

a)

Own Slaves

b)

have the most power in a town meeting

c)

Trade with other countries

d)

Own a home

13.

The primary reason most settlers came to the Southern Colonies was that they wanted

a)

Move Native Americans to the West

b)

Find Gold and Silver

c)

Worship Freely

d)

Own their own farm

14.

The ideas of Self-government first came from..

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

The Declaration of Independence

c)

The Constitution

d)

The Bill of Rights

15.

The ability for citizens to be elected to join a Governor in a colony to make laws and represent the people would be an example of...

a)

democratic principles

b)

religious tolerance

c)

abuse of government power

d)

limited freedom among citizens

16.

The Following is an example of the colonists gaining their first opportunity at self-government.

a)

The plantation

b)

The House of Burgesses

c)

Trade in the North

d)

Taxation from England

17.

Crops such as Tobacco, rice and indigo were known as...

a)

Cash Crops

b)

Middle Colony Crops

c)

Northern Colony Crops

d)

Sustenance Crops