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Unit 3 Life in the Colonies Review

Total questions: 58

Worksheet time: 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which cash crop did John Rolfe introduce to the Jamestown settlement?

a)

Rice

b)

Indigo

c)

Tobacco

d)

Sugar Cane

2.

Which of the following is NOT a reason so many colonists died at Jamestown?

a)

Environmental Problems

b)

Alliances with Natives

c)

Lack of Settler Skills

d)

Poor relationship with Natives

3.

The idea that colonies exist to make the mother country wealthy is called ____.

a)

Burgesses

b)

Manufacturing

c)

Persecute

d)

Mercantilism

4.

Why did Puritans settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?

a)

England had a drought

b)

Puritans wanted to get rich from gold and the fur trade

c)

Puritans escaped those who practiced witchcraft against them

d)

Puritans were persecuted against and wanted religious freedom

5.

How did the experience of enslaved Africans in the North differ from that of enslaved Africans in the South?

a)

The North never allowed slavery

b)

Northern slaves worked as house servants; Southern slaves worked on plantations

c)

Northern slave owners were harsher than Southern slave owners

d)

Only New England and Middle Colonies imposed Slave Codes

6.

Which of the following is NOT an example of COLONIAL representative government?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

New England Town Meetings

d)

Maryland Act of Toleration

7.

Which colonial region was very tolerant and "welcomed with open arms?"

a)

Middle

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Frontier

8.

Which colonial region focused primarily on its economy and "the rich came to get richer?"

a)

Middle

b)

Southern

c)

New England

d)

Frontier

9.

Which colonial region focused on its religion, was very strict, and focused on education?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Frontier

10.

What was the MAJOR effect of Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

It increased the gap between the wealthy and the poor

b)

Colonists felt a closer alliance with England

c)

Colonists stopped growing tobacco

d)

Colonies began to use slavery instead of indentured servants

11.

Which colonial region had good harbors, thin and rocky soil, and a short growing season?

a)

Middle

b)

New England

c)

Southern

d)

Frontier

12.

"We must consider that we shall be a City upon a Hill. The eyes of all people are upon us."

~John Winthrop, 1630


What did John Winthrop mean by a "City upon a Hill?"

a)

Puritans must fight to expand their power

b)

Puritans must build their city on the highest land

c)

Most colonists do not approve of the Puritan lifestyle

d)

Puritans must be an example to others

13.

Which term means to disagree and break away from a group or an idea?

a)

Persecute

b)

Burgesses

c)

Dissent

d)

Mercantilism

14.

What was the significance of King Philip's War?

a)

Natives and colonists learned to share the land and live peacefully

b)

The natives killed all of the Puritans

c)

It created a friendly trading relationship

d)

It set the precedent of how colonists and natives would interact. (colonists taking native land)

15.

Who founded Pennsylvania as a place for differences to be accepted?

a)

James Oglethorpe

b)

Lord Baltimore

c)

William Penn

d)

Roger Williams

16.

Why was Georgia founded?

a)

A refuge for Catholics

b)

As a military buffer to Spanish Florida

c)

To grow tobacco for England

d)

To give Puritans freedom of religion

17.

"The closeness of the place, and the heat of the climate, added to the number in the ship, which was so crowded that each had scarcely room to turn himself, almost suffocated us ..."

What is the main idea of the quote above?

a)

Treatment of Natives

b)

Slavery in the colonies

c)

Examples of Puritan rituals

d)

Life along the Middle Passage

18.

Why were there more royal colonies than proprietary colonies?

a)

Royal colonies gave the king more control over the colonies

b)

People in England did not want to own their own colony

c)

Royal colonies had more natural resources than proprietary colonies

d)

Colonies preferred to be ruled by the king

19.

Why did colonists resist the Navigation Acts?

a)

They resented the King for not giving them a voice in Parliament

b)

Colonists wanted to manufacture their own goods and sell them to other markets

c)

England preferred resources from Africa instead of their own American colonies

d)

The Navigation Acts gave power to only the New England colonies

20.

In what year did the first African slaves arrive in Jamestown?

a)

1619

b)

1776

c)

1807

d)

1865

21.

"He who works not, eats not."


What civic virtue does John Smith suggest?

a)

Everyone has a responsibility to their community

b)

The harder you work, the more food you get

c)

The more food you eat, the harder you can work

d)

Communities must feed all citizens

22.

"We, whose names are underwritten...do...enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most...convenient for the General good of the colony."

~Mayflower Compact, 1620


What does "General good of the colony" refer to?

a)

White males

b)

All citizens of Plymouth

c)

Women and children

d)

English citizens

23.

Which of the following colonial region has the following characteristics?

Fertile Soil

Wheat

Hudson River

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Frontier

24.

A colony created by a grant of land from a king to an individual or a family is called ____.

a)

Royal

b)

Proprietary

c)

Joint-Stock

d)

Military buffer

25.

A three way trade relationship between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is called ____.

a)

Middle Passage

b)

Triangular Trade

c)

Bacon's Rebellion

d)

Columbian Exchange

26.

The ____ was a religious revival.

a)

Great Awakening

b)

Enlightenment

c)

Patroons

d)

Civic Virtue

27.

People who refuse to fight are called ___.

a)

Pacifists

b)

Indentured Servants

c)

Patroons

d)

Puritans

28.

A region of low-lying plains along the sea coast; sometimes marshy are called __.

a)

Piedmont

b)

Mountains

c)

Plantations

d)

Tidewater

29.

Rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved people are called ___.

a)

Slave Codes

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Triangular Trade

d)

Plantations

30.

Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, and Roger Willams were expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony because:

a)

Puritans rejected religious toleration

b)

Defeated Metacomet

c)

Helped in Bacon's Rebellion

d)

Followed all of the rules

31.

Which of the following was an important part of New England's economy?

a)

Creating colleges

b)

Growing wheat

c)

Smuggling goods

d)

Building ships

32.

Which of the following is NOT an example of colonial self-government? (Check all that apply)

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Parliament

d)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

33.

Pennsylvania is an example of a(n) _____ colony.

a)

Proprietary

b)

Royal

c)

Spanish

d)

Intolerant

34.

Which group lived in the Middle Colonies and believed all people were equal?

a)

Catholics

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Puritans

d)

Quakers

35.

Who designed the "City of Brotherly Love" as part of his "holy experiment?"

a)

Peter Stuyvesant

b)

Sir George Carteret

c)

King Charles

d)

William Penn

36.

Who united Native Americans to try and stop colonial expansion?

a)

King Philip/Metacomet

b)

King James I

c)

King George III

d)

Queen Elizabeth

37.

Which region had thin, rocky soil, making farming difficult?

a)

Southern

b)

New England

c)

Middle

d)

None of the above

38.

____ is growing only what you need.

a)

Plantations

b)

Cash crops

c)

Subsistence Farming

d)

Mercantilism

39.

Check all that apply:

William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included which of the following?

a)

A major settlement based on toleration

b)

Pacifism

c)

Fair treatment of Native Americans

d)

The Bible as religious authority for all

40.

Who founded Connecticut?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Roger Williams

c)

Thomas Hooker

d)

John Winthrop

41.

Who founded Rhode Island?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Squanto

d)

Thomas Hooker

42.

Which region is given the nickname "The Breadbasket?"

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

43.

Who is the founder of Maryland?

a)

Lord Baltimore

b)

James Oglethorpe

c)

John Smith

d)

William Penn

44.

Who is the founder of Georgia?

a)

Nathaniel Bacon

b)

William Penn

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Lord Baltimore

45.

Who were settlers that paid for the passage to America by working without pay for a period of time?

a)

Debtors

b)

Quakers

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Apprentices

46.

Crops that are sold at market for a profit.

a)

Subsistence Farming

b)

Cash Crops

c)

Tidewater

d)

Piedmont

47.

Which of the following is the marshy region of the Carolinas used for growing rice?

a)

Piedmont

b)

Frontier

c)

Tidewater

d)

Mountains

48.

Which of the following is NOT a cash crop of the Southern Colonies?

a)

Wheat

b)

Cotton

c)

Tobacco

d)

Indigo

49.

Which of the following is an example of colonial government found in the SOUTHERN colonies?

a)

Magna Carta

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

House of Burgesses

d)

Parliament

50.

Which colony was a military buffer to Spanish Florida?

a)

Maryland

b)

South Carolnia

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

51.

Which of the following is NOT an outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?

a)

Widened the gap between wealthy landowners and the poor farmers

b)

A shift from using indentured servants to a permanent labor force

c)

Showed that the government cannot ignore the demands of its people

d)

Set the precedent for how Native Americans and colonists would interact with each other

52.

Which of the following brought vital leadership to Jamestown by saying "those who do not work, do not eat?"

a)

John Rolfe

b)

John Smith

c)

John Winthrop

53.

Which of the following established freedom of religion for Protestants and Catholics in Maryland?

a)

Act of Toleration

b)

House of Burgesses

c)

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

d)

Mayflower Compact

54.

Who helped the Pilgrims survive during their first winter by showing them how to grow crops like corn?

a)

Squanto

b)

Metacomet

c)

Oglethorpe

d)

Winthrop

55.

"We, whose names are underwritten...do...enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Offices, from time to time, as shall be thought most...convenient for the General good of the colony."

~Mayflower Compact, 1620


What does "General good of the colony" refer to?

a)

White males

b)

All citizens of Plymouth

c)

Women and children

d)

English citizens

56.

Which part of the Triangular Trade transported African slaves to the Americas?

a)

Northwest Passage

b)

Columbian Exchage

c)

Middle Passage

d)

Southern route

57.

The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights (select all that apply):

a)

set limits on the power of the monarchy in Great Britain

b)

guaranteed certain rights to citizens, like a trial by jury

c)

expanded the powers of the King over Parliament

d)

set up governments in the colonies

58.

The Zenger Trial established:

a)

freedom of the press

b)

right to bear arms

c)

freedom of speech

d)

freedom of religion