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Colonial Leaders

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the governor of the Plymouth Colony?

a)

John Lennon

b)

Greg Abbott

c)

William Bradford

d)

William Penn

2.

Which leader belonged to the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

William Bradford

b)

Benjamin Franklin

c)

Thomas Jefferson

d)

Anne Hutchinson

3.

Which leader made several treaties with Native Americans?

a)

Ferdinand Magellan

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

William Penn

d)

Christopher Columbus

4.

Which leader's colony eventually became the state of Pennsylvania?

a)

John Smith

b)

William Penn

c)

John Wise

d)

Roger Williams

5.

Which leader was banished from their church because they believed God was more important than rules?

a)

John Smith

b)

Abigail Adams

c)

Dolly Madison

d)

Anne Hutchinson

6.

Who established the colony of Rhode Island?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Wise

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

William Penn

7.

Who wrote several pamphlets about how churches and government should be independent?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Wise

c)

John Williams

d)

John the Baptist

8.

Who helped reorganize the government of Massachusetts?

a)

Benjamin Franklin

b)

Thomas Jefferson

c)

John Wise

d)

William Penn

9.

Who told the Indians "I desire to gain your love and Friendship by a kind, just, and peaceable life"?

a)

William Penn

b)

William Bradford

c)

John Smith

d)

Roger Williams

10.

Who was put into prison for his "radical" Quaker preaching?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

David Jeremiah

c)

William Penn

d)

Billy Graham

11.

Who was charged with the crime of heresy?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

Hernando Cortes

c)

Queen Elizabeth I

d)

King James I

12.

Who is credited with working to create the first Thanksgiving?

a)

William Penn

b)

William Tell

c)

William Shakespeare

d)

William Bradford

13.

Who helped create the Mayflower Compact?

a)

Mr. Brumley

b)

Mrs. Rocha

c)

Mrs. Ortiz

d)

William Bradford

14.

Who was known for regularly having religious meetings for women in their home?

a)

Mrs. Chandler

b)

Mrs. Rocha

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

Anne of Green Gables

15.

Who is a famous Quaker whose face is featured on a popular breakfast food?

a)

LeBron James

b)

Paul Revere

c)

William Penn

d)

David E. Smith

16.

Who befriended a Powhatan chief's daughter?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Donne

c)

John Keats

d)

John Wise

17.

Who worked for the Virginia Company and was captured by Native American deer hunters?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

William Penn

c)

John Smith

d)

William Bradford

18.

Who believed that all people should vote, no matter what their religion was?

a)

Thomas Jefferson

b)

Alexander Hamilton

c)

Roger Williams

d)

Anne Hutchinson