WorksheetsHistory 6th Grade Chapter 3
Total questions: 124
Worksheet time: 1hrs 2mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
English pirate that had succed on stealing Spanish treasure on its way to America
a)
Sir John White
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Sir John Smith
2.
That year, England's Queen Elizabeth gave Sir Walter Raleigh the right to claim land in North America.
a)
1585
b)
1854
c)
1553
d)
1584
3.
England's Queen Elizabeth gave ______ the right to claim land in North America.
a)
Sir John White
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Sir John Smith
4.
Good place to settle a colony reported by Sir Rileigh's scoutes and called __________.
a)
Roanoke Island
b)
Manhattan Island
c)
Croatoan Island
d)
Chesapeake Bay
5.
This island lies off the coast of what is now North Carolina. Raleigh called this area Virginia.
a)
Manhattan Island
b)
North Carolina
c)
Croatoan Island
d)
Roanoke Island
6.
Roanoke Island is also called
a)
Hudson River
b)
Virginia
c)
Croatoan Island
d)
Jamestown
7.
First expedition to Virginia
a)
1585
b)
1587
c)
1588
d)
1584
8.
The first expedition to Virginia . . .
a)
Did not survive, after suffering through a difficult winter, the colonists gave up and returned to Virginia.
b)
Did survive, after suffering through a difficult winter, the colonists succed and built a small town.
c)
Did not survive, after suffering through a difficult winter, the colonists gave up and returned to England.
d)
Did not survive, fter suffering through a difficult winter, the colonists gave up and returned to Roanoke Island.
9.
Year of the second expedition to Virginia
a)
1585
b)
1587
c)
1588
d)
1584
10.
John White led a group of 91 men, 17 women, and 9 children to Roanoke. This group was commanded by:
a)
Sir John White
b)
Sir Walter Raleigh
c)
Sir Francis Drake
d)
Sir John Smith
11.
Was the first English child born in North America.
a)
Rebecca White
b)
Pokahntas White
c)
Motoak Powhatan
d)
Virginia Dare
12.
The fighting between England and Spain made it impossible for White to sail back to Roanoke for nearly ________.
a)
one year
b)
eight month
c)
three years
d)
five years
13.
Was a joint-stock company, in which investors bought shares, or part ownership.
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
The English Company
c)
The French Company
d)
The Dutch Company
14.
Had the plan that the settlers find gold and establish trade in fish and furs.
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
The English Company
c)
The French Company
d)
The Dutch Company
15.
James I granted a charter to the __________ of London.
a)
The Virginia Company
b)
The English Company
c)
The French Company
d)
The Dutch Company
16.
Year when the colonists founded Jamestown to honored James I
a)
1585
b)
1587
c)
1606
d)
1607
17.
The colonists named the river flowing into Chesapeake Bay _________________.
a)
White
b)
Jamestown
c)
James
d)
Virginia
18.
How many settlements the colonials tried before they successed
a)
The settlement of 1585, 1587 and finally they settle on Jamestown on 1606
b)
The settlement of 1585, 1587 and finally they settle on Jamestown on 1607
c)
The settlement of 1585, 1587 and finally they settle on Virginia on 1606
d)
The settlement of 1585, 1587 and finally they settle on Virginia on 1607
19.
Drew pictures of the plants, animals, and people of the region in order to help educate Europeans about North America.
a)
John White
b)
John Smith
c)
Jame I
d)
Francis Drake
20.
The colonists did not find gold or riches in Virginia. Instead they faced severe hardships, including disease and hunger.
a)
TRUTH
b)
false
21.
First permanent English colony in what is now the United States.
a)
Jamestown, founded in 1607
b)
St. Augustine, founded in 1565.
c)
Roanoke Island, founded on 1585.
d)
Virginia, founded on 1587
22.
First permanent European colony in what is now the United States.
a)
Jamestown, founded in 1608
b)
St. Augustine, founded in 1565.
c)
Roanoke Island, founded on 1585.
d)
Virginia, founded on 1588
23.
What did John White find when he returned to Roanoke after several years in England?
a)
Found gold, fish and fur.
b)
Found the Powhatan.
c)
Found his colony deserted. The only clue he found was a tree with the word Croatoan carved on it.
d)
None of the previous.
24.
Why was the Jamestown colony able to prosper in spite of many hardships?
a)
The colonists began growing a type of tobacco using seeds from the West Indies.
b)
The colony survived its first two years in part because of 27-year-old Captain John Smith forced the settlers to work.
c)
The colony survived because Captain John Smith built ties with—and got food from—the local Powhatan people and their chief, who was also named Powhatan.
d)
All of the previous
25.
A Powhatan, instrumental in building peace between the English colonists and Native Americans in North America. With 10 or 11 years old made friends with the settlers at the Jamestown Colony in Virginia and brought the settlers gifts of food or furs to trade
a)
Francis Drake
b)
Virginia Dare
c)
John Smith
d)
Pocahontas
26.
Played an important role in American history. Saw to it that the colonists received food from the Native Americans so that the colony at Jamestown would be successful. Said to have saved the lives of several colonists. Vital link between the Native Americans and the residents of Jamestown.
a)
Francis Drake
b)
Virginia Dare
c)
John Smith
d)
Pocahontas
27.
The Jamestown settlers had come to America in search of __________. The next wave of English colonists arrived in search of religious freedom.
a)
religious freedom, wealth
b)
wealth, religious freedom
c)
wealth, wealth
d)
religious freedom, religious freedom
28.
Seeking ____________________, the second wave of English settlers started colonies in New England.
a)
gold, fish and fur
b)
the fontaine of youth
c)
freedom to pursue their own religion
d)
gold
29.
England had been a Protestant country since _______, when the king, Henry VIII, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and formed the Anglican Church.
a)
1586
b)
1585
c)
1535
d)
1534
30.
English king, _____________, broke away from the Roman Catholic Church and formed the Anglican Church
a)
Henry VIII
b)
Elizabeth I
c)
Francis I
d)
Charle I
31.
Many people dissented, disagreeing with Anglican beliefs or practices. Some English people remained _____________. Others were _____________ who wanted to reform the _________________.
a)
Protestants, Catholic, Anglican Church.
b)
Catholic, Protestants, Anglican Church.
c)
Anglican Church, Protestants, Catholic Church.
d)
Anglican Church, Protestants, Roman Catholic Church.
32.
The Protestants who wished to reform the Anglican Church were called ____________.
a)
Separatists
b)
Anglicans
c)
Catholics
d)
Puritans
33.
Those who sought to set up their own churches were known as ____________.
a)
Separatists
b)
Anglicans
c)
Catholics
d)
Puritans
34.
Were persecuted, mistreated because of their beliefs in England.
a)
Separatists
b)
Anglicans
c)
Catholics
d)
Puritans
35.
A _____________ is someone who undertakes a religious journey.
a)
Group of People
b)
Protestants
c)
Pilgrim
d)
Puritans
36.
In _______ a group of Separatists decided to move to America.
a)
1606
b)
1620
c)
1535
d)
1536
37.
The ___________ were able to get grants of land from the Virginia Company.
a)
Group of People
b)
Protestants
c)
Pilgrim
d)
Puritans
38.
___________ boarded a ship called the ____________ and left to begin new lives.
a)
Catholics, The Nina, The Pinta, The santa Maria.
b)
All
c)
None
d)
The Pilgrims, Mayflower.
39.
The first land the Pilgrims sighted was
a)
Mayflower
b)
Cape Cod Bay
c)
Jamestown
d)
Virginia
40.
The pilgrims colonists decided to drop anchor at a place they called Plymouth.
a)
Mayflower
b)
Cape Cod Bay
c)
Plymouth
d)
Virginia
41.
Signed a document they called the Mayflower Compact.
a)
Mayflower
b)
Protestants
c)
Pilgrim
d)
Puritans
42.
This document set up an organized, orderly government. Each signer promised to obey the laws passed “for the general good of the colony.
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
Mayflower
c)
Cape Cod Bay
d)
Puritans
43.
_________________ was a key step in the development of representative, democratic government in America.
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
Mayflower
c)
Cape Cod Bay
d)
Puritans
44.
They taught the Pilgrims to grow corn, beans, and pumpkins and showed the colonists where to hunt and fish. Without their help, the Pilgrims might not have survived.
a)
Pocahontas and Tsenacommacah
b)
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
c)
Powhatan and Tsenacommacah
d)
Squanto and Samoset
45.
Native Americans, _______________, befriended the colonists.
a)
Pocahontas and Tsenacommacah
b)
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
c)
Powhatan and Tsenacommacah
d)
Squanto and Samoset
46.
_______________________ helped the Pilgrims make peace with the Wampanoag people who lived in the area.
a)
Pocahontas and Tsenacommacah
b)
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
c)
Powhatan and Tsenacommacah
d)
Squanto and Samoset
47.
In the fall of 1621, the Pilgrims included their new Wampanoag friends, _____________, in a feast of thanksgiving.
a)
Pocahontas and Tsenacommacah
b)
Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
c)
Powhatan and Tsenacommacah
d)
Squanto and Samoset
48.
In 1629 a group of Puritans formed the ___________________. They received a royal charter to establish a colony north of Plymouth.
a)
The Mayflower Company
b)
Massachusetts Bay Company
c)
The Virginian Company
d)
The English Company
49.
The company chose John Winthrop to be the colony's governor.
a)
The Mayflower Company
b)
Massachusetts Bay Company
c)
The Virginian Company
d)
The English Company
50.
Winthrop led about 900 men, women, and children to Massachusetts Bay.
a)
In 1606
b)
In 1620
c)
In 1630
d)
In 1629
51.
Settled in a place they called Boston
a)
In 1606
b)
In 1620
c)
In 1630
d)
In 1629
52.
15,000 Puritans journeyed to Massachusetts to escape religious persecution and economic hard times in England.
a)
This movement of people became known as the Great Migration.
b)
This movement of people became known as Reformism.
c)
This movement of people became known as Protestantism.
d)
This movement of people became known as Separatism.
53.
came to America to put their religious beliefs into practice. At the same time, they themselves had little tolerance for different beliefs. They criticized or persecuted people who did not agree with their views. They strictly enforced their own religious rules. This lack of tolerance led people to form new colonies.
a)
The Angliacants
b)
The Reformists
c)
The Puritans
d)
The Separatist
54.
they themselves had little tolerance for different beliefs. They criticized or persecuted people who did not agree with their views. They strictly enforced their own religious rules.
a)
The Angliacants
b)
The Reformists
c)
The Puritans
d)
The Separatist
55.
To the west of Boston is land we now call the _________________________
a)
Connecticut River Valley
b)
Massachusetts Bay
c)
Cape Cod Bay
d)
Plymouth
56.
In 1636 _________________ led his congregation to the Connecticut River Valley. There he founded the town of Hartford.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
John White
d)
Pocahontas
57.
In 1639 they adopted a plan of government called the Fundamental Orders of ________________________ This was the first written constitution in America.
a)
Plymouth
b)
Connecticut
c)
Virginia
d)
Jamestown
58.
They adopted a plan of government called the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut This was the first written constitution in America.
a)
In 1639
b)
In 1630
c)
1620
d)
1606
59.
A minister named ___________ founded the colony of Rhode Island.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Wheelwright
60.
felt that government should not force people to worship in a certain way.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Wheelwright
61.
Forced by Massachusetts leaders to leave the colony, ______________ found refuge with the Narragansett, a Native American people.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Wheelwright
62.
________________ became a safe place for dissenters. It was the first place in America where people of all faiths could worship freely.
a)
Plymouth
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Connecticut
d)
Virginia
63.
In 1638 __________________ led a group of dissidents from Massachusetts to found the town of Exeter in New Hampshire.
a)
John Winthrop
b)
Thomas Hooker
c)
Roger Williams
d)
John Wheelwright
64.
New Hampshire became an independent colony in.
a)
1679
b)
1630
c)
1606
d)
1638
65.
In 1675 Wampanoag leader _______________ waged war against the New England colonies.
a)
Metacomet
b)
Pocahontas
c)
Squanto
d)
Samoset
66.
King Philip's War raged for ____________. In the end, the colonists defeated Native Americans. The war destroyed the power of the Native Americans in New England.
a)
12 months
b)
14 months
c)
24 months
d)
4 months
67.
Between two groups of English colonies were lands under Dutch control. This area was called ________
a)
New Netherland
b)
New England
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
68.
By 1660, England had the following groups of colonies in North America.
a)
New Netherland, New England Colonies, and Virginia
b)
New England Colonies, Virginia and Maryland
c)
Virginia, New Netherland, New england colonies
d)
Maryland, New Netherland, New England Colonies
69.
The main settlement of New Netherland
a)
Virginia
b)
Pennsilvania
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
Delaware
70.
__________________ became a center of shipping to and from the Americas.
a)
Virginia
b)
Pennsilvania
c)
Delaware
d)
New Amsterdam
71.
Controlled New Netherland
a)
The Boston Company
b)
The Virginia Company
c)
The English Company
d)
The Dutch West India Company
72.
offered large grants of land to anyone who could bring at least 50 settlers to work the land. The landowners who received these grants were called ________ .
a)
reformists
b)
separatists
c)
patroons
d)
protestants
73.
The ____________ ruled like kings. They had their own courts and laws. Settlers owed the patroons labor and a share of their crops.
a)
reformists
b)
separatists
c)
patroons
d)
protestants
74.
In 1664 . . .
a)
The English sent a fleet to attack New Amsterdam.
b)
The New Amsterdam sent a fleet to attack English.
c)
The English sent a fleet to attack New England.
d)
The English sent a fleet to attack New Spain.
75.
In 1664 Peter Stuyvesant, governor of the colony, surrendered it to the English forces without a fight.
a)
New England
b)
New Amsterdam
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
76.
Not until ____________ did the English government allow citizens of New York to elect their legislature.
a)
1691
b)
1664
c)
1606
d)
1635
77.
This was a colony in which an owner, or proprietor, owned all the land and controlled the government.
a)
New Amsterdam was a proprietary colony
b)
Maryland was a proprietary colony.
c)
New York was a proprietary colony.
d)
Virginia was a proprietary colony
78.
A proprietary colony was a colony in which an owner, or proprietor, owned all the land and controlled the government.
a)
true
b)
false
79.
England's King Charles gave the colony to his brother, the Duke of York, who renamed it ____________
a)
New York
b)
Virginia
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
Maryland
80.
It was the first Jews' settle in North America.
a)
New York
b)
Virginia
c)
New Amsterdam
d)
Maryland
81.
In 1664 __________ had about 8,000 residents, including at least 300 enslaved Africans. By 1683 the population had swelled to about 12,000 people. __________, was one of the fastest-growing places in the colonies.
a)
Boston
b)
Virginia
c)
New York City
d)
New Jersey
82.
land between the Hudson and Delaware Rivers to Lord John Berkeley and Sir George Carteret. The two proprietors named their colony ____________,
a)
Boston
b)
Virginia
c)
New York City
d)
New Jersey
83.
To attract settlers, the proprietors offered large tracts of land and also promised freedom of religion, trial by jury, and a representative assembly.
a)
Boston
b)
Virginia
c)
New York City
d)
New Jersey
84.
By 1702, ________ had become a royal colony. However, the colonists continued to make local laws.
a)
Boston
b)
Virginia
c)
New York City
d)
New Jersey
85.
__________, a Protestant group that had been persecuted in England, founded the colony of Pennsylvania.
a)
The Luterans
b)
The Pilgrims
c)
The Quakers
d)
The Catholics
86.
The Quakers, a Protestant group that had been persecuted in England, founded the colony of ___________.
a)
New Jersey
b)
New Amsterdam
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
87.
In 1680 _________, a wealthy English Quaker, received the land in payment for a debt King Charles
a)
John Cabot
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
William Penn
d)
Duke of York
88.
_________ or Society of Friends, believed that everyone was equal. People could follow their own “inner light" rather than the teachings of a religious leader. They were also pacifists , or people who refuse to use force or fight in wars.
a)
The Luterans
b)
The Pilgrims
c)
The Quakers
d)
The Catholics
89.
means “city of brotherly love."
a)
New Jersey
b)
New Amsterdam
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
90.
wrote Pennsylvania's first constitution, believed that the land belonged to the Native Americans and that settlers should pay for it and also negotiated several treaties with local Native Americans.
a)
John Cabot
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
William Penn
d)
Duke of York
91.
By 1683, more than 3,000 English, Welsh, Irish, Dutch, and German settlers had arrived ___________________ quickly became America's most prosperous city and its most popular port.
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
92.
In 1701, in the Charter of Privileges, Penn granted colonists the right to elect representatives to the legislature.
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
93.
People from Sweden had settled land in southern the city before the Dutch and then the English took over the area. They were allowed to form their own legislature. The counties then functioned, or worked, as a separate colony known as _________.
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
94.
__________ remained under the authority of Pennsylvania's governor.
a)
New Jersey
b)
Delaware
c)
New York
d)
Pennsylvania
95.
Who was the governor of New Netherland?
a)
John Cabot
b)
Peter Stuyvesant
c)
John Berkeley
d)
the Duke of York
96.
New Jersey was created from a part of ____________.
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
Delaware
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
New York
97.
Delaware was created from a part of _____________.
a)
New Amsterdam
b)
New Jersey
c)
Pennsylvania
d)
New York
98.
The first group of 20 Africans arrived in____ aboard a ____ trading vessel.
a)
1619, Dutch
b)
1606, English
c)
1620, English
d)
1635, Spanish
99.
England shipped criminals and prisoners of war to the colonies. They could earn their release by working for a period of time—usually seven years.
a)
true
b)
false
100.
Maryland arose from the dream of _____________.
a)
James I
b)
The Duke of York
c)
Sir George Calvert, Lord Baltimore
d)
Charles I
101.
Maryland was a ______ colony.
a)
Protestant
b)
Quaker
c)
Lutheran
d)
Catholic
102.
The boundary between Maryland and Pennsylvania in the 1760s
a)
Calvert and Penn
b)
Charles Mason and Jeremiah Dixon
c)
James I and Charles I
d)
The Duke of York and Lord Baltimore
103.
Mason-Dixon Line.
a)
Boundary line between Pennsilvania and Delaware
b)
Boundary line between Pennsilvania and Maryland
c)
Boundary line between Virginia and Maryland
d)
Boundary line between Delaware and Maryland
104.
To protect Catholics, the colony established the Act of Toleration in 1649. The act ensured Protestants and Catholics the right to worship freely.
a)
Pennsilvania
b)
Delaware
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
105.
In 1692 became a royal colony and established an official Protestant church. As a result, Catholics faced the same restrictions they had in England.
a)
Pennsilvania
b)
Delaware
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
106.
In the 1640s, made a pledge to Native Americans in exchange for a large piece of land, agreed to keep settlers from pushing farther into their territory to prevent the outbreak of a war with the Native Americans.
a)
Pennsilvania governor William Penn
b)
Maryland governor George Calvert
c)
Virginia governor William Berkeley
d)
Delaware governor John Smith
107.
In 1676 __________ led attacks on Native American villages, marched to Jamestown to drive out Berkeley, and they burned the town to the ground.
a)
William Penn
b)
George Calvert
c)
William Berkeley
d)
Nathaniel Bacon
108.
He opposed the colonial government because it was dominated by easterners.
a)
William Penn
b)
George Calvert
c)
William Berkeley
d)
Nathaniel Bacon
109.
In 1663 King Charles II created a proprietary colony south of Virginia called __________The king gave the colony to eight nobles. The proprietors set up estates and sold or rented land to settlers brought from England.
a)
New York
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
110.
John Locke, an English philosopher, wrote a constitution, a plan that outlined the jobs and powers of the colony's government.
a)
John Locke
b)
William Penn
c)
George Calvert
d)
William Berkeley
111.
Carolina did not develop as planned. It split into northern and southern __________.
a)
New York
b)
Carolina
c)
Virginia
d)
Maryland
112.
They grew tobacco and sold timber and tar. ____________ lacked a good harbor, so farmers used Virginia's ports.
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina and South Carolina.
d)
Georgia
113.
Settlements there spread, and trade in deerskin, lumber, and beef thrived.
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina and South Carolina.
d)
Georgia
114.
Two crops came to dominate __________ agriculture. Rice and indigo.
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina and South Carolina.
d)
Georgia
115.
A young English woman named Eliza Lucas developed this crop in the 1740s.
a)
Rice
b)
Indigo
c)
deerskin, lumber and thrived
d)
tabacco
116.
__________ a blue flowering plant, was used to dye cloth.
a)
Rice
b)
Indigo
c)
deerskin, lumber and thrived
d)
tabacco
117.
In 1719 settlers in ________________ took control from the proprietors.
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina and South Carolina.
d)
Georgia
118.
In 1729 Carolina became into royal colony(ies) _________________.
a)
North Carolina
b)
South Carolina
c)
North Carolina and South Carolina.
d)
Georgia
119.
Founded in 1733, was the last British colony set up in America by James Oglethorpe
a)
Georgia
b)
Maryland
c)
North Carolina
d)
South Carolina
120.
Georgia was founded by ________.
a)
William Penn
b)
George Calvert
c)
James Oglethorpe
d)
William Berkeley
121.
Georgia was founded in _______.
a)
1701
b)
1733
c)
1695
d)
1720
122.
Oglethorpe and his settlers built the forts and town of Savannah to discourage the _____ attacks.
a)
French
b)
Dutch
c)
Spanish
d)
South Carolina
123.
________________with the colony's slow growth, gave up and turned Georgia over to the king in 1751.
a)
James Oglethorpe
b)
William Berkeley
c)
William Penn
d)
George Calvert
124.
150 years took the ________ being in eastern North America lined the Atlantic coast with colonies.
a)
French
b)
Dutch
c)
Spanish
d)
British
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