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13 COLONIES

Total questions: 45

Worksheet time: 34mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was NOT characteristic of the English settlements in the New World?

a)

Their settlements were oriented towards trade with the Indians

b)

Most of the settlers were Protestant

c)

Most of the settlements were on the Atlantic Coast

d)

The dominate crop that shaped its economy was sugar cane

2.

Who wanted to separate from the Church Of England and hold their own services because they did not entirely agree with what the Church of England was teaching?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Anglicans

d)

Catholics

3.

What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown?

a)

To convert the natives to Christianity

b)

To establish a community with representative government

c)

To establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

d)

To find gold and riches

4.

Which of the colonies was founded as a refuge for imprisoned debtors?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Delaware

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Georgia

5.

The British Colony where the House of Burgesses was established was...

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Georgia

d)

Connecticut

6.

The principle motivation for the settlement of the Plymouth Bay Colony was?

a)

Economic

b)

political

c)

social

d)

religious

7.

In his "City upon a Hill" sermon John Winthrop was appealing to the Puritans to...

a)

select ground well away from swamps and marshes to settle on

b)

open their communities to people of all faiths who were fleeing England

c)

Build a godly community for people to see how a city should be ran

d)

exile dissidents like Roger Williams and Anne Hutchinson to Western Massachusetts

8.

He led the last attack on the Puritans and was slaughtered. The defeat decimated his tribe and shored up all of the lands in the northeast for the English.

a)

William Penn

b)

King Phillip ( Metacom)

c)

Nathaniel Bacon

d)

Henry Hudson

9.

Virginia is in the

a)

Northern Colonies ( New England Colonies)

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

Middle Colonies

10.

Which labor model did Virginia planters primarily rely on before switching to slave labor?

a)

serfdom

b)

indentured servitude

c)

volunteering

d)

wage labor

11.

The founder of Rhode Island was

a)

Roger Williams

b)

John Winthrop

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

William Bradford

12.

Because of the fertile land and long growing season, plantations in the thirteen colonies developed in

a)

the Middle Atlantic region

b)

the South

c)

the Upper Mississippi River Valley

d)

New England

13.

“They came to find religious freedom. They sought heaven on earth. They claimed that the Bible alone was their standard. They valued education and founded colonies. However, they did not extend the religious freedom they craved to others. They even hanged some poor retches, believing them to be witches.” The above quote refers to the

a)

Quakers

b)

Puritans

c)

Jamestown settlers

d)

Dutch in New Amsterdam

14.

Which colonial region was settled by people with many different cultural and religious backgrounds?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Backcountry

15.

Why did people come to colonize the new world?

a)

God

b)

Glory

c)

gold

d)

All of the above were reasons

16.

Who said, "If you don't work, then you don't eat!"?

a)

Chief Powhatan

b)

Christopher Newport

c)

Lord De La Warr

d)

Captain John Smith

17.

What was the main reason that people came to the Southern colonies?

a)

Religious Freedom

b)

Profit (to make money)

c)

To own slaves

d)

For more land

18.

1st English attempt at Colonization in the New World was known as...

a)

The Perfect Colony

b)

The First Colony

c)

The Last Colony

d)

The Lost Colony

19.

The settlers of Jamestown started getting sick. What caused the sickness?

a)

Brackish water

b)

bug bites

c)

diseases

d)

all of the above

20.

What kind of crop grew well around Jamestown and became the colony's first cash crop to England?

a)

tobacco

b)

cotton

c)

corn

d)

rice

21.

Which colony was the first to promote religious freedom?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

Rhode Island

d)

North Carolina

22.

How were most witches killed?

a)

Burned

b)

Hanged

c)

Drowned

d)

Shot

23.

How was William Penn granted the land grant?

a)

He won it in a poker match

b)

The King owed his dad money

c)

He had a lot of investors help

d)

He stole it from New York

24.

Which colony did James Oglethorpe start?

a)

Virginia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Georgia

25.

What was the main goal of the settlers at Jamestown

a)

To convert the natives to Christianity

b)

To establish a community with representative government

c)

to establish a successful agriculturally-based colony

d)

to find gold and riches

26.

Which colony had the most Ethnically, Religiously and racially diverse population in North America

a)

Virginia

b)

Massachusetts and Connecticut

c)

North and South Carolina

d)

New Netherland - New York

27.
The colonies in yellow belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
28.
The colonies in green belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
29.
The colonies in red belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
30.
The middle colonies were also called the___________because of their ability to grow and harvest grains.
a)
Grocery store
b)
Breadbasket 
c)
Farmers
d)
Argriculture
31.

The Southern colonies depended on cash crops to make a living. What were the three main cash crops in the south?

a)

corn, squash, beans

b)

bananas, strawberries, apples

c)

tobacco, rice, indigo

d)

wheat, barley, rice

32.
What is the major industry of the New England Colonies?
a)
Cash Crops
b)
Metalwork
c)
Slavery
d)
Shipbuilding and Fishing
33.
The success of large plantations in the Southern Colonies was dependent on?
a)
Native Americans
b)
Debtors
c)
Slaves
d)
Pacifists
34.

These people were attacked during Bacon's Rebellion, even though the Governor of Virginia had ordered them to be left alone.

a)

Poor Blacks

b)

Poor Whites

c)

Native Americans

35.

Bacon's Rebellion revealed that there was _____ in which the poor and the rich in the colonies were at odds with each other.

a)

Class Conflict

b)

Racism

c)

Slavery

36.
The colonies in yellow belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
37.

How did New Netherlands become New York?

a)

England sold the Colony to the Dutch West Company

b)

The Dutch West Company sold the Colony to England

c)

England took control of the colony by sending soldiers and forcing the Dutch to surrender

38.

In the Pennsylvania Colony.....?

a)

women were educated

b)

women were leaders in the church

c)

Bought land fro Native Americans peacefully

d)

all the above

39.

Rodger Williams.........

a)

founded Rhode Island

b)

founded Connecticut

c)

founded the city of Portsmouth Rhode Island

40.
Which region had an economy based off agriculture and grew mainly cash crops like Tobacco, Indigo, and Rice?
a)
Northern
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
41.
Which region was nicknamed the Bread Basket Colonies because they mainly grew wheat?
a)
Northern
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
42.
Boston, New York, and Charleston in the Northern, Middle, and Southern colonies were all major __________ and increased trade in those areas?
a)
rivers
b)
harbors
c)
forts
d)
trade routes
43.
The Southern Region included the colonies of...
a)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conneticut
b)
Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Gerogia
c)
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
44.
The Middle Region included the colonies of...
a)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conneticut
b)
Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Gerogia
c)
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware
45.
The Northern Region included the colonies of...
a)
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Conneticut
b)
Virginia, Maryland, North and South Carolina, Gerogia
c)
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware