Font size
WorksheetsUnit 3 Life in the Colonies Review
Total questions: 58
Worksheet time: 29mins
Which cash crop did John Rolfe introduce to the Jamestown settlement?
Rice
Indigo
Tobacco
Sugar Cane
Which of the following is NOT a reason so many colonists died at Jamestown?
Environmental Problems
Alliances with Natives
Lack of Settler Skills
Poor relationship with Natives
The idea that colonies exist to make the mother country wealthy is called ____.
Burgesses
Manufacturing
Persecute
Mercantilism
Why did Puritans settle in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630?
England had a drought
Puritans wanted to get rich from gold and the fur trade
Puritans escaped those who practiced witchcraft against them
Puritans were persecuted against and wanted religious freedom
How did the experience of enslaved Africans in the North differ from that of enslaved Africans in the South?
The North never allowed slavery
Northern slaves worked as house servants; Southern slaves worked on plantations
Northern slave owners were harsher than Southern slave owners
Only New England and Middle Colonies imposed Slave Codes
Which of the following is NOT an example of COLONIAL representative government?
Magna Carta
House of Burgesses
New England Town Meetings
Maryland Act of Toleration
Which colonial region was very tolerant and "welcomed with open arms?"
Middle
Southern
New England
Frontier
Which colonial region focused primarily on its economy and "the rich came to get richer?"
Middle
Southern
New England
Frontier
Which colonial region focused on its religion, was very strict, and focused on education?
New England
Middle
Southern
Frontier
What was the MAJOR effect of Bacon's Rebellion?
It increased the gap between the wealthy and the poor
Colonists felt a closer alliance with England
Colonists stopped growing tobacco
Colonies began to use slavery instead of indentured servants
Which colonial region had good harbors, thin and rocky soil, and a short growing season?
Middle
New England
Southern
Frontier
"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?"
Puritans must fight to expand their power
Puritans must build their city on the highest land
Most colonists do not approve of the Puritan lifestyle
Puritans must be an example to others
Which term means to disagree and break away from a group or an idea?
Persecute
Burgesses
Dissent
Mercantilism
What was the significance of King Philip's War?
Natives and colonists learned to share the land and live peacefully
The natives killed all of the Puritans
It created a friendly trading relationship
It set the precedent of how colonists and natives would interact. (colonists taking native land)
Who founded Pennsylvania as a place for differences to be accepted?
James Oglethorpe
Lord Baltimore
William Penn
Roger Williams
Why was Georgia founded?
A refuge for Catholics
As a military buffer to Spanish Florida
To grow tobacco for England
To give Puritans freedom of religion
"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?
Treatment of Natives
Slavery in the colonies
Examples of Puritan rituals
Life along the Middle Passage
Why were there more royal colonies than proprietary colonies?
Royal colonies gave the king more control over the colonies
People in England did not want to own their own colony
Royal colonies had more natural resources than proprietary colonies
Colonies preferred to be ruled by the king
Why did colonists resist the Navigation Acts?
They resented the King for not giving them a voice in Parliament
Colonists wanted to manufacture their own goods and sell them to other markets
England preferred resources from Africa instead of their own American colonies
The Navigation Acts gave power to only the New England colonies
In what year did the first African slaves arrive in Jamestown?
1619
1776
1807
1865
"He who works not, eats not."
What civic virtue does John Smith suggest?
Everyone has a responsibility to their community
The harder you work, the more food you get
The more food you eat, the harder you can work
Communities must feed all citizens
"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?
White males
All citizens of Plymouth
Women and children
English citizens
Which of the following colonial region has the following characteristics?
Fertile Soil
Wheat
Hudson River
New England
Middle
Southern
Frontier
A colony created by a grant of land from a king to an individual or a family is called ____.
Royal
Proprietary
Joint-Stock
Military buffer
A three way trade relationship between Europe, Africa, and the Americas is called ____.
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Bacon's Rebellion
Columbian Exchange
The ____ was a religious revival.
Great Awakening
Enlightenment
Patroons
Civic Virtue
People who refuse to fight are called ___.
Pacifists
Indentured Servants
Patroons
Puritans
A region of low-lying plains along the sea coast; sometimes marshy are called __.
Piedmont
Mountains
Plantations
Tidewater
Rules governing the behavior and punishment of enslaved people are called ___.
Slave Codes
Middle Passage
Triangular Trade
Plantations
Anne Hutchinson, Thomas Hooker, and Roger Willams were expelled from Massachusetts Bay Colony because:
Puritans rejected religious toleration
Defeated Metacomet
Helped in Bacon's Rebellion
Followed all of the rules
Which of the following was an important part of New England's economy?
Creating colleges
Growing wheat
Smuggling goods
Building ships
Which of the following is NOT an example of colonial self-government? (Check all that apply)
House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Parliament
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Pennsylvania is an example of a(n) _____ colony.
Proprietary
Royal
Spanish
Intolerant
Which group lived in the Middle Colonies and believed all people were equal?
Catholics
Pilgrims
Puritans
Quakers
Who designed the "City of Brotherly Love" as part of his "holy experiment?"
Peter Stuyvesant
Sir George Carteret
King Charles
William Penn
Who united Native Americans to try and stop colonial expansion?
King Philip/Metacomet
King James I
King George III
Queen Elizabeth
Which region had thin, rocky soil, making farming difficult?
Southern
New England
Middle
None of the above
____ is growing only what you need.
Plantations
Cash crops
Subsistence Farming
Mercantilism
Check all that apply:
William Penn's "Holy Experiment" included which of the following?
A major settlement based on toleration
Pacifism
Fair treatment of Native Americans
The Bible as religious authority for all
Who founded Connecticut?
Anne Hutchinson
Roger Williams
Thomas Hooker
John Winthrop
Who founded Rhode Island?
Roger Williams
John Winthrop
Squanto
Thomas Hooker
Which region is given the nickname "The Breadbasket?"
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Who is the founder of Maryland?
Lord Baltimore
James Oglethorpe
John Smith
William Penn
Who is the founder of Georgia?
Nathaniel Bacon
William Penn
James Oglethorpe
Lord Baltimore
Who were settlers that paid for the passage to America by working without pay for a period of time?
Debtors
Quakers
Indentured Servants
Apprentices
Crops that are sold at market for a profit.
Subsistence Farming
Cash Crops
Tidewater
Piedmont
Which of the following is the marshy region of the Carolinas used for growing rice?
Piedmont
Frontier
Tidewater
Mountains
Which of the following is NOT a cash crop of the Southern Colonies?
Wheat
Cotton
Tobacco
Indigo
Which of the following is an example of colonial government found in the SOUTHERN colonies?
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
Parliament
Which colony was a military buffer to Spanish Florida?
Maryland
South Carolnia
Virginia
Georgia
Which of the following is NOT an outcome of Bacon's Rebellion?
Widened the gap between wealthy landowners and the poor farmers
A shift from using indentured servants to a permanent labor force
Showed that the government cannot ignore the demands of its people
Set the precedent for how Native Americans and colonists would interact with each other
Which of the following brought vital leadership to Jamestown by saying "those who do not work, do not eat?"
John Rolfe
John Smith
John Winthrop
Which of the following established freedom of religion for Protestants and Catholics in Maryland?
Act of Toleration
House of Burgesses
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Mayflower Compact
Who helped the Pilgrims survive during their first winter by showing them how to grow crops like corn?
Squanto
Metacomet
Oglethorpe
Winthrop
"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?
White males
All citizens of Plymouth
Women and children
English citizens
Which part of the Triangular Trade transported African slaves to the Americas?
Northwest Passage
Columbian Exchage
Middle Passage
Southern route
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights (select all that apply):
set limits on the power of the monarchy in Great Britain
guaranteed certain rights to citizens, like a trial by jury
expanded the powers of the King over Parliament
set up governments in the colonies
The Zenger Trial established:
freedom of the press
right to bear arms
freedom of speech
freedom of religion
