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The English Colonies in North America

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 45mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

What was an economic policy in which nations tried to gain wealth by controlling trade and establishing colonies

a)

Cash Crop

b)

Charter

c)

Colony

d)

Mercantilism

2.

By 1733, How many British colonies were along the Atlantic coastline

a)

9

b)

11

c)

13

d)

15

3.

Which of the following colonies WAS NOT part of the New England Colonies

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Virginia

c)

Connecticut

d)

Rhode Island

4.

True (No Cap) or False (Cap): The four Middle Colonies were New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware.

a)

True (No Cap)

b)

False (Cap)

5.

True (No Cap) or False (Cap): In New England, farming was difficult because of the long, cold winters and the region's rocky, hilly wilderness, but the forests and the sea provided useful resources and ways to make a living

a)

True (No Cap)

b)

False: (Cap)

6.

What is it called when a crop, such as tobacco, sugar, and cotton, raised in large quantities and sold for profit

a)

The Bread Basket

b)

Mercantilism

c)

A cash crop

d)

A Farmland

7.

Which religious group started the colony of Pennsylvania.

a)

Puritans

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Quakers

d)

Catholics

8.

What is a formal document issued by the king that outlined a colony’s geographic boundaries and specified how it would be governed

a)

Charter

b)

Declaration

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Journal

9.

What was an agreement that Pilgrims wrote and signed describing how they would govern themselves in the Americas

a)

Constitution

b)

Biography

c)

Hammurabi's Code

d)

Mayflower Compact

10.

After a long and grueling journey across the Atlantic, the Pilgrims landed at ________________.

a)

Plymouth

b)

New York

c)

Jamestown

d)

Virginia

11.

Who began preaching different ideas so that the Puritans put him on trial and eventually expelled him because he believed that all people should be able to worship in any way they chose.

a)

Elvis Presley

b)

Roger Williams

c)

King James

d)

John Smith

12.

What was the business of capturing, transporting, and selling people as owned workers to America.

a)

The Slave Trade

b)

The Columbian Route

c)

The Silk Road

d)

The Subway

13.

Who started the colony of Connecticut because he had different views from the other Puritans.

a)

King Phillip

b)

John Roaf

c)

William Penn

d)

Thomas Hooker

14.

What was the most desirable fur on the trade market???

a)

Grizzly

b)

Beaver

c)

Buffalo

d)

Fox

15.

Which of the following was a major economic trade of the New England Colonies?

a)

Tobacco

b)

Potatoes

c)

Shipbuilding

d)

Cotton