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Total questions: 21

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Virginia’s House of Burgesses fulfilled which of the following roles?
a)
It met on board the Mayflower to draft laws that would help institute representative government in Massachusetts.
b)
It sparked the American Revolution by meeting and selecting Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Independence.
c)
It helped establish representative government in the colonies by serving as the first official elected body in British North America.
d)
It drafted a treaty ending the French and Indian War.
2.
A person who worked for another for 4-7 years to work off the debt he owed for his passage to the Americas; granted freedom and some land when time had been served
a)
Indentured servant
b)
Slave
c)
Mestizo
d)
Separatist
3.
Which economic policy was based on the ideas that the American colonies existed primarily to provide an economic benefit for Great Britain?
a)
mercantilism
b)
free trade
c)
socialism
d)
laissez-faire capitalism
4.
The year that Jamestown was founded
a)
1590
b)
1607
c)
1609
d)
1620
5.
A series of four acts that required all goods being shipped to and from the colonies to be shipped in English vessels
a)
Navigation Acts
b)
British Maritime Laws
c)
Anti-Smuggling Acts
d)
Blue Laws
6.

A sudden outbreak of religious fervor that promoted separation of church and state is...

a)

religious toleration

b)

The Great Awakening

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

House of Burgesses

7.

1620 - The first agreement for self-government in America. It was signed by the 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.

a)

House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

salutary neglect

d)

self-government

8.

A religious group who came to America for religious freedom and established the Massachusetts Bay Colony.

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Lutherans

9.

Founder of Pennsylvania

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Winthrop

c)

William Bradford

d)

William Penn

10.

Which 4 colonies makes up the Mid-Atlantic colonies?

a)

New York, Maryland, New Jersey, Pennsylvania

b)

New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island

c)

New York, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania

d)

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware

11.

Which 4 colonies makes up the New England colonies?

a)

Massachusetts, New York, New Hampshire, Connecticut

b)

Massachusetts, Connecticut, New Hampshire, Rhode Island

c)

Massachusetts, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island

d)

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Delaware, New Hampshire

12.

Which 5 colonies makes up the Southern colonies?

a)

Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

b)

Virginia, Delaware, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

c)

Virginia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia

d)

Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida

13.
What was the purpose of the Navigation Acts?
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a)
to stop the Middle Passage
b)
to control the trans-Atlantic trade
c)
to end the Atlantic slave trade
d)
to halt the triangular trade
14.
He introduced a new type of tobacco to VA which proved to be highly demanded in Europe and highly profitable to the southern colonies.
a)
Thomas Paine
b)
John Rolfe
c)
John Smith
d)
Peter Stuyvesant
15.

Puritans wanted:

a)

wanted freedom of religion for themselves, but did not accept other religions; settled in New England

b)

tolerated all religions; settled in Pennsylvania

c)

settled in Maryland

16.

Quakers:

a)

wanted freedom of religion for themselves, but did not accept other religions; settled in New England

b)

tolerated all religions; settled in Pennsylvania;

c)

settled in Maryland

17.

Catholics:

a)

wanted freedom of religion for themselves, but did not accept other religions; settled in New England

b)

tolerated all religions; settled in Pennsylvania

c)

settled in Maryland

18.

Alot of Germans went to Pennsylvania

a)

True

b)

False

19.

Which food did African Americans NOT bring to America?

a)

Corn

b)

Okra

c)

Watermelon

d)

Yams

20.

Where did a lot of Scots Irish Settle?

a)

Mountain Region

b)

Beach Area

c)

Georgia

21.

What percentage of slaves died along the middle passage

a)

10%

b)

20%

c)

30%

d)

40%