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WorksheetsUnit 2: 13 Colonies
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which country’s primary economic activities revolved around farming cash crops?
England (Britain)
France
Netherlands (Dutch)
Spain
How did the Great Awakening in the 1730s prepare the colonists for the American Revolution?
Encouraged liberty and equality
It established (created) an army
It put the colonies against one another and encouraged anti-colonial feelings.
It made the colonists pay a lot of taxes.
The word "liberty" can also mean...
freedom
rules/laws for a country
giant statues of women holding torches
lies told to a lawyer in court
What led to regional economic differences in the 13 British colonies?
People all had different reasons for settling in North America.
People with specific skills all settled in the same areas.
leaders of each colony decided how the colony would make its money.
The different geographies and resources within each area.
The King of England's messenger just told him the Magna Carta had been signed. What else might the messenger say to the King to give him more details?
This will limit your power and give more power to the nobles.
You can no longer send slaves to the colonies because this forbids it.
Jamestown is a successful colony and has been named after you, sir!
The Puritans are unhappy with the Church of England and want to break apart and start their own church, sir!
The Glorious Revolution led to the creation of the English Bill of Rights. This resulted in...
Power was shifted from the King of England to the Parliament
African leaders ended slave trade with Europeans.
Future Kings would now be elected by Parliament.
Slaves rebelled and escaped to freedom.
Why was the English Bill of Rights important to the colonists?
It gave colonists the ability to choose members of Parliament.
It defined crimes and punishments.
It ended the king's power to appoint colonial governors.
It defined the liberties (freedoms) that colonists had as English citizens.
How did the Magna Carta shift power in Government?
It made England a democratic government.
It gave the citizens a Bill of Rights
It forced the King to allow the colonies to create their own government.
it limited the power of the King and gave more power to the nobles.
In the British Colonies...
Northern Slaves were freed and sent back to Africa
Each region (South, Middle,New England) had around the same numbers of slaves.
laws were written to abolish (get rid of) slavery
There were slaves throughout all the colonies, but most of the slaves were in the Southern Region
Violet and her family disagree with the Church of England. She doesn't want to leave the Church but wants to make small changes to the church in order to make it better. Violet would likely be a(n).....
Puritan
Pilgrim
Anarchist
Separtist
The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different
resources
languages
religious beliefs
populations
This colony is known for growing tobacco (which saved the colony) in the South
Jamestown
Roanoke
Georgia
New York
What did the New England colonies have in common?
They were self-governing and created for religious freedom
ALL religions were accepted
They were provided financial security from the King
They all had tobacco plantations
As European nations began to colonize the New World, the Native American population declined (went down) because...
Diseases carried by the Europeans infected tribes
John Smith ordered his troops to kill every Native American in sight.
All the new people created a shortage of food.
The Native Americans decided to relocate and moved further west.
This colony was founded as a "safe place" for debtors and as a "shield/buffer" against the Spanish in Florida.
Georgia
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
This region was known as the "breadbasket" of the British colonies because of the large number of grains grown there.
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
Georgia
The Southern Colonies
What is true about mercantilism and the colonies
It created religious freedom
Colonies were created to make money for the "mother country"
Leaders of colonies were selected based off their wealth
Colonists were not allowed to start farms.
Anne Hutchinson, Roger Williams, and others left Massachusetts Bay because....
they did not like slavery and there were lots of Plantations in the North.
They wanted to make it where only religious men could vote.
They were not friendly toward Native American tribes and wanted to start an army to fight them
They were not accepted because of their religious beliefs and wanted to start a colony that would be more tolerant.
What is true about the reason why the English Colonies were started?
All colonies were started to make money
All colonies were founded to make a new start for poor people
All colonies were started for religious freedom
There were lots of reasons why the colonies were founded and they include making money, fresh starts, and religious freedom.
The Great Awakening was started because...
church leaders were afraid people had lost faith in God.
church leaders were trying to make money off the poor
church leaders did not belief women should be able to vote
church leaders wanted to promote city life and living
