WorksheetsChap 2 Colonies-Discovery
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 9mins
Which combination of factors contributed to the success of agriculture in the Middle Colonies?
Tobacco and Indigo
a flat landscape and mild winters
Rocky terrain
Forested area
Which of these present-day rights originated with a political tradition established in Pennsylvania?
A Democratic Government
A Republican Government
Freedom of Speech
Freedom of Religion
Which of these features was common to the governance of New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania?
They were owned by individuals but laws were made by the colonists
They were owned and led by the King of Spain
They were owned and led by the King of England
Complete Anarchy
Compared to other regions of North America, the soil in New England was
Clear and Fertile
A desert region
Rocky and less fertile
One word...RAINFOREST
Which of the following statements could apply to both the Middle and New England Colonies?
This region relied heavily on Slave labor
They only made money with farming
This region relied heavily on paid labor
Their geography encouraged trade.
This founder founded this colony to help the poor.
James Oglethorpe, Georgia
John Smith, Jamestown
Anne Hutchinson, Rhode Island
William Penn, Pennsylvania
Which of these values was most important to William Penn?
Land ownership
Religious Tolerance
Freedom to own slaves
Going to war with Native Americans for more land rights.
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?
Utopian
Monarchy
Republic
Dictatorship
This region used slaves for a large labor force on plantations
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
Protestants and Catholics wanted the right to worship freely in the Colonial times . This resulted in...
Bacon's Rebellion
Amendment 1
Quaker Churches
Maryland's Act of Religious Toleration
This region could not develop an economy based on Plantation due to poor and rocky soil and bad climate.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Western Colonies
You had to be a a white subsistence farmer in order to do the following in the colonies.
Own Slaves
have the most power in a town meeting
Trade with other countries
Own a home
The primary reason most settlers came to the Southern Colonies was that they wanted
Move Native Americans to the West
Find Gold and Silver
Worship Freely
Own their own farm
The ideas of Self-government first came from..
The Mayflower Compact
The Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
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...
democratic principles
religious tolerance
abuse of government power
limited freedom among citizens
The Following is an example of the colonists gaining their first opportunity at self-government.
The plantation
The House of Burgesses
Trade in the North
Taxation from England
Crops such as Tobacco, rice and indigo were known as...
Cash Crops
Middle Colony Crops
Northern Colony Crops
Sustenance Crops
