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WorksheetsThe 13 English Colonies
Total questions: 26
Worksheet time: 13mins
The area of land along the eastern slopes of the Appalachian Mountains.
toleration
backcountry
mercantilism
plantation
The Dutch lost New Netherlands when
settlers overthrew the colonial government.
William Penn was elected governor.
settlers voted to join the New England colonies.
English warships forced the city to surrender.
Which of the following colonies is INCORRECTLY linked with a group of settlers?
Georgia – debtors
Maryland - Catholics
Rhode Island – religious dissenters
Massachusetts Bay – Quakers
A debtor is a(n)
area of low land washed by ocean tides.
belief that one race is superior to another.
plant used to make a blue dye.
person who owed money.
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs is known as ________.
toleration
cultural diffusion
mercantilism
anglican
People who were unable to pay their passage came to the English colonies as ________.
indentured servants
debtors
gentry
slaves
James Oglethorpe wanted to make Georgia a place where ________ could make a new life.
protestants
criminals
debtors
artists
15,000 men, women and children who made the journey from England to Massachusetts.
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Great Navigation
The movement in Europe in the late 1600s and 1700s that emphasized the use of reason.
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Great Navigation
The Puritans were Protestants who wanted to
reform [change] the Church of England.
join the Catholic Church.
separate from the Church of England.
bring back church organ music.
Quakers believed that
everyone had a duty to fight in wars.
everyone should pay taxes to the Church of England.
men and women were equal in God’s sight.
all should remove their hats in the presence of nobility.
Which of the following colonies is INCORRECTLY linked with a leader?
Pennsylvania – William Penn
Massachusetts Bay – John Winthrop
Rhode Island – James Oglethorpe
Maryland – Lord Baltimore
The highest social class in colonial society.
gentry
affluent
precariat
established
Which laws controlled trade between England and its colonies?
Navigation Acts
Act of Toleration
Fundamental Orders
English Bill of Rights
Which of the following had very rocky soil that was not the greatest for agriculture?
the New England Colonies
the Southern Colonies
the Middle Colonies
the backcountry
The religious movement in the English colonies in the early 1700s.
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Great Navigation
Which statement is true of North Carolina but NOT true of South Carolina?
Many settlers came from Virginia.
Rice was an important crop.
Thousands of slaves lived on large estates.
Most people lived in large cities.
Thomas Hooker established this colony, which had strict limits on the government.
New Jersey
New Hampshire
Connecticut
Maine
Anne Hutchinson joined this man in Rhode Island.
John Winthrop
James Oglethorpe
John Smith
Roger Williams
New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania are three Middle Colonies. Which one is the fourth?
Maryland
Delaware
Connecticut
North Carolina
Boys whose parents wanted them to learn a trade, such as being a blacksmith,
took classes in public schools.
studied at home with a tutor.
became apprentices to masters.
went to private schools.
Economic belief that a nation became strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade.
toleration
parliament
mercantilism
plantation
A large farm with many workers on which rice or tobacco was grown.
toleration
backcountry
mercantilism
plantation
“She said that God had spoken directly to her. The Court was shocked.” This account refers to
Mary Musgrove.
Anne Hutchinson.
Margaret Brent.
Queen Mary.
Bacon’s Rebellion showed that
Native Americans and settlers could live peaceably together.
indentured servants would never fulfill their contracts.
settlers would push deeper into Native American lands.
slaves were better workers than indentured servants.
The purpose of the Navigation Acts passed in the late 1660s was
to teach the colonists navigation skills.
to provide the colonists with cheaper goods.
to expand trade with other countries.
to make England more powerful and wealthy.
