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Characteristics of the 13 Colonies

Total questions: 28

Worksheet time: 16mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

I agreed to a contract requiring me to work as Tobacco farmer in Virginia for 3 years. The Virginia Company agreed to provide me food, shelter, and to teach me how to farm the land. After I completed my contract, then the Virginia Company agreed to give me 2 acres of land and enough tools to start my own farm (August, 1620). What type of immigrant is described in the above box?

a)

African Slave

b)

European Explorer

c)

Indentured Servants

d)

Share Cropper

2.

All people are equal in the sight of God

Refuse to take oaths

Women allowed to speak in their meetinghouses

Opposed war and would not serve in military

Refused to pay taxes

1st group to stand up against slavery

All of the above characteristics are representative of what religion?

a)

Catholics

b)

Puritans

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Quakers

3.

John Rolfe smuggled ______________ seeds from the West Indies so that the colonists at Jamestown would have a “cash crop.”

a)

Tobacco

b)

Corn

c)

Indigo

d)

Cotton

4.

Who taught the Pilgrims how to farm and use fish as fertilizer?

a)

Powhatan

b)

Squanto

c)

Pocahontas

d)

Tiano

5.

____________________ was the willingness to let others practice their own beliefs.

a)

Toleration

b)

Persecution

c)

Rejection

d)

Disapproval

6.

What religious group was know to as Champions of Tolerance?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Catholics

c)

Puritans

d)

Quakers

7.

What cash crop made Jamestown a boom town?

a)

Indigo

b)

Rice

c)

Tobacco

d)

Cotton

8.
Which colony was NOT settled for ECONOMIC reasons?
a)
Jamestown
b)
Plymouth
c)
Roanoke Island
9.
What was the reason for starting an English settlement at Jamestown?
a)
social
b)
economic
c)
religious
10.
The economy in the New England colonies was based on _______, _______, shipbuilding, and trading.
a)
hunting, gathering
b)
fishing, manufactured goods
c)
livestock, fishing
11.
Why was slavery accepted in the colonies?
a)
Slaves were treated equally.
b)
Slaves provided labor that brought prosperity.
c)
Slaves enjoyed working.
12.
Colonial women were not allowed to _________.
a)
cook
b)
become homemakers
c)
vote
13.
The colonies became interdependent on one another because of--
a)
specialization
b)
land
c)
occupations
14.
What mountain range stretches through almost all of the colonies?
a)
Blue Ridge Mountains
b)
Rocky Mountains
c)
Appalachian Mountains
15.
Which of the following was a way England tried to control the ECONOMY of the colonies? (HINT-THINK MONEY!)
a)
making colonists obey laws
b)
regulating trade with only England
c)
colonial governors monitoring colonists
16.
People of different religions and lifestyles were more accepted in the--
a)
Pennsylvania colony
b)
Massachusetts colony
c)
Virginia colony
17.
Large farms, called ___________________, were spread throughout the Southern colonies.
a)
Trade centers
b)
Plantations
c)
Settlements
d)
industrial centers
18.
Which colonial region contained rocky soil and cold climate?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
Backcountry
19.
Which set of colonies was the most "mixed" and diverse in terms of settlers including English, Dutch & German? 
a)
Southern
b)
Middle 
c)
New England 
20.
Where did the major cities start to pop up? 
a)
Southern 
b)
Middle
c)
New England 
21.
Which set of colonies profited off of trading, shipbuilding, and small scale farming?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
22.
Which set of colonies thrived off of shipbuilding, lumbering & fishing? 
a)
Southern 
b)
Middle 
c)
New England 
23.
The Southern colonies had a good climate for farming because,
a)
The area had a long growing season.
b)
It snowed in the winter
c)
The area had large mountain that terraced framing worked very well
d)
a.       The area had a short growing season.
24.
An area of land that is ruled by another country such as Jamestown is called a _____.
a)
indentured servant
b)
slavery
c)
colony
25.
In which colonial region was the official religion Puritan?
a)
Southern
b)
Middle
c)
New England
26.
What region produced huge amounts of grain during  the colonial period?
a)
Middle  Colonies
b)
Southern Colonies
c)
New England Colonies
d)
frontier region
27.
What was the reason Georgia was founded as a colony?
a)
Religious Freedom
b)
It was a place for criminals and debtors
c)
Agriculture
28.
How many British Colonies were there? 
a)
13
b)
10
c)
3
d)
15

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