WorksheetsEuropean Settlement & Colonial Life
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 8mins
Who was a dissenter who founded Rhode Island, after being forced to leave Massachusetts by the Puritans, because he believed the church and state should be separate?
Anne Hutchinson
William Penn
John Smith
Roger Williams
A piece of land that is owned by another country.
Middle Colonies Economy
Middle Passage
Free Enterprise
Colony
What name were the Middle Colonies given because they grew and sold so much grain (ex. wheat, barley, rye, and corn).
Roanoke Colony
Breadbasket Colonies
Mayflower Compact
Triangular Trade
Which colony was founded in East Virginia for gold, but was successful for tobacco, and was helped by the Powhatans.
Roanoke
Plymouth
Jamestown
St. Augustine
What was the first Spanish colony in Florida?
Jamestown
Plymouth
Roanoke
St. Augustine
All of the following are reasons Europeans colonized America EXCEPT
Economic gain
power
gold & agriculture
shipbuilding supplies
Which group of colonies had warm summers, mild winters, and good soil, which allowed them to grow tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton?
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
A religious group who wanted to purify the Church of England that came to America for religious freedom and settled in Massachusetts Bay is the Puritans.
True
False
Anne Hutchinson was a colonist who was banished from Massachusetts for her religious views.
True
False
A laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America is called a Separatist.
True
False
What was the first agreement for self-government in America called? It was signed by 41 men on the Mayflower and set up a government for the Plymouth colony.
Virginia House of Burgesses
Mayflower Compact
Quaker Oats
Democratic Agreement
Who founded Pennsylvania and called it the "city of brotherly love" to establish a place where his people, Quakers, and others could live in peace.
William Bradford
John Smith
William Penn
John Rolfe
This man helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.
Pilgrim
Anne Hutchison
William Penn
John Smith
Mayflower Compact & House of Burgesses
Settlement Goals for New England Colonies
Labor in New England Colonies
Democracy in the Colonies (examples)
Middle Colonies Settlement Goals
Colonists and settlers were always friendly with Native Americans.
True
False
