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European Settlement & Colonial Life

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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?

a)

Anne Hutchinson

b)

William Penn

c)

John Smith

d)

Roger Williams

2.

A piece of land that is owned by another country.

a)

Middle Colonies Economy

b)

Middle Passage

c)

Free Enterprise

d)

Colony

3.

What name were the Middle Colonies given because they grew and sold so much grain (ex. wheat, barley, rye, and corn).

a)

Roanoke Colony

b)

Breadbasket Colonies

c)

Mayflower Compact

d)

Triangular Trade

4.

Which colony was founded in East Virginia for gold, but was successful for tobacco, and was helped by the Powhatans.

a)

Roanoke

b)

Plymouth

c)

Jamestown

d)

St. Augustine

5.

What was the first Spanish colony in Florida?

a)

Jamestown

b)

Plymouth

c)

Roanoke

d)

St. Augustine

6.

All of the following are reasons Europeans colonized America EXCEPT

a)

Economic gain

b)

power

c)

gold & agriculture

d)

shipbuilding supplies

7.

Which group of colonies had warm summers, mild winters, and good soil, which allowed them to grow tobacco, sugarcane, and cotton?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

8.

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.

a)

True

b)

False

9.

Anne Hutchinson was a colonist who was banished from Massachusetts for her religious views.

a)

True

b)

False

10.

A laborer who agreed to work without pay for a certain period of time in exchange for passage to America is called a Separatist.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

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.

a)

Virginia House of Burgesses

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

Quaker Oats

d)

Democratic Agreement

12.

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.

a)

William Bradford

b)

John Smith

c)

William Penn

d)

John Rolfe

13.

This man helped found and govern Jamestown. His leadership and strict discipline helped the Virginia colony get through the difficult first winter.

a)

Pilgrim

b)

Anne Hutchison

c)

William Penn

d)

John Smith

14.

Mayflower Compact & House of Burgesses

a)

Settlement Goals for New England Colonies

b)

Labor in New England Colonies

c)

Democracy in the Colonies (examples)

d)

Middle Colonies Settlement Goals

15.

Colonists and settlers were always friendly with Native Americans.

a)

True

b)

False