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COLONIZATION & SELF GOVERNMENT REVIEW

Total questions: 50

Worksheet time: 38mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Refers to the British avoiding the strict enforcement of laws and policies on the colonies, in order to keep them obedient...as long as England was making money

a)

mercantilism

b)

monarchy

c)

salutary

neglect

d)

free

enterprise

2.

Select 3 causes of the French and Indian War

a)

control of the Ohio River Valley

b)

rivalry between England and France

c)

Wealth of fur trade

d)

expansion of self government

3.

Quaker-founder of Pennsylvania

(a)  

4.

What was the main reason the Dutch and the French settled in North America?

a)
b)
c)
5.

a type of settlement ruled by a governor appointed by the monarch

a)

Royal

colony

b)

Joint Stock

colony

c)

Proprietary

colony

6.

select 3 examples of an Indentured Servant

a)

slave

b)

not a slave

c)

under contract to work for another person for 7 years

d)

I was not paid for my work

7.

select 2 examples of the Southern economy

a)
b)
c)
d)
8.

this describes how a country uses its resources to make money

a)

government

b)

economy

c)

religion

d)

taxing

9.

created by processing raw materials into products people can buy and use...like clothing, tools, furniture

a)

manufactured goods

b)

free

enterprise

c)

economy

d)

subsistence

farming

10.

select 2 examples of a formal or informal agreement within a group, on certain rules or guidelines that all must follow.

a)

plan of

government

b)

Mayflower Compact

c)

compromise

d)

commerce

11.

why did the triangular slave trade continue?

a)

high demand

for cash crops

b)

job

opportunities

c)

ship

building was

profitable

12.

we are a group of religious people who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Quakers

13.

Name the 4 colonies in the New England Region

4 lines
14.

select 3 examples that describe life in the southern colonies

a)

British

Aristocracy

b)

agrarian

c)

indentured

servants

d)

slave

labor

15.

identify 3 major ports in the colonies

a)

Boston Harbor

Massachusetts

b)

New York

Harbor

c)

Charleston Harbor

South Carolina

d)

Jamestown

Harbor

Virginia

16.

Name the 4 colonies in the Middle region

4 lines
17.

I was established as a refuge for English Catholics

a)

Georgia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Maryland

d)

Massachusetts

18.

I was established as a refuge for strict Puritans

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

Salem

Massachusetts

c)

Maryland

d)

Plymouth

Massachusetts

19.

what am I?

I'm named after a King

tobacco saves me from bankruptcy

first permanent English settlement in the colonies

established in 1607

a)

Charleston

colony

b)

Boston

colony

c)

Plymouth

colony

d)

Jamestown

colony

20.

It takes months to cross me

travelers cross me willingly... and by force

My middle passage is deadly

I am home to the Triangular trade route

4 lines
21.

Name the 5 colonies in the Southern region

4 lines
22.

select 3 that describe the Middle Passage

a)

Part of the

Triangular Trade

Route

b)

voyage by indentured servants to the Americas

c)

inhumane voyage

1 in 10 will die

d)

slave's forced migration from Africa to the

West Indies

23.

what is mercantilism?

a)

a British

economic

theory or philosophy

b)

a religious idea practiced in the colonies

c)

the idea that the colonies exist for their mother country England

d)

a social agreement between England and the colonies

24.

self-government

1st self-representing assembly in the colonies

served as an example for other colonies to follow

HOB

what year?

4 lines
25.

name 4 examples of the economy in the Middle Colonies

4 lines
26.

1689

I create separation of powers

I limit the power of the monarchy

many of my ideas are used by the Founding Fathers

a)

Magna

Carta

b)

Mayflower

Compact

c)

English

Bill of

Rights

d)

Fundamental

Orders of Connecticut

27.

self-governing document

1st Constitution in the colonies

expanded voting rights

written by Thomas Hooker

FOC

year?

a)

1620

b)

1619

c)

1639

d)

1215

28.

an early document

restricted the power of the monarchy

"Rule of Law" is enforced

Magna Carta/ "Great Charter"

what year?

4 lines
29.

a document

self-government

Pilgrims agree to majority rule / social contract

1st form of self representative government in the colonies

year ?

a)

1639

b)

1776

c)

1607

d)

1620

30.

Georgia was established for (a)  

31.

I am an economic system

England uses me for profit

British colonies-Africa-and England are my connections

I helped "shape" the success of mercantilism

a)

free trade

b)

self government

c)

Triangular

Trade

d)

indentured

servitude

32.

typically practiced in New England

a process of growing food to feed only my family

unable to produce for profit

a)

cash

crops

b)

subsistence

farming

c)

plantation

system

d)

mercantilism

33.

list 3 examples of colonial cash crops

4 lines
34.

Who said it?

"He who shall not work...shall not eat!"

I led the settlers of Jamestown...

a)

John

Smith

b)

James

Oglethorpe

c)

William

Penn

d)

Roger

Williams

35.

I gave "new life" to Jamestown

I bring tobacco to the settlement

I marry Pocahontas

a)

John

Smith

b)

William

Penn

c)

John

Rolfe

36.

Which colonial region depends on slavery for the most part of their economy?

a)

New

England

b)

Middle

Colonies

c)

Southern

Colonies

37.

The ill or harsh treatment of people based on their race, religious or political beliefs

a)

migration

b)

tolerance

c)

rebellion

d)

persecution

38.

A large agrarian area usually owned by one person

Slaves are needed to cultivate fields

usually hundreds of acres in size

a)

colony

b)

farm

c)

plantation

39.

I am a Puritan

I tolerate diverse religions

I established Connecticut

I created the 1st Constitution in the New World

a)

William

Penn

b)

James

Oglethorpe

c)

Lord

Baltimore

d)

Thomas

Hooker

40.

Who said it?

"The king gives land to my father, but now it is mine. I will bring the pacifist abolitionist Quakers with me to settle it."

a)

James

Oglethorpe

b)

William

Penn

c)

Thomas

Hooker

41.

An area of land that is controlled by a country, usually far away

settled by people from that country...like Jamestown and Plymouth

exists for the benefit of its mother country

a)

plantation

b)

farm

c)

church

d)

colony

42.

I am an island

Kings and Queens have ruled over me

I am home to Parliament and London

a)

Asia

b)

France

c)

England

43.

I promote prison reform

I helped debtors get back on their feet

I founded Georgia

My colony is a buffer between the colonies and Spanish Florida

a)

Thomas

Hooker

b)

James

Oglethorpe

c)

William

Penn

d)

Roger

Williams

44.

I'm a Puritan

I challenged Puritan authority

I am banished from Massachusetts Bay

I follow Roger Williams to Rhode Island

a)

Mercy

Otis

Warren

b)

Anne

Hutchinson

c)

Molly

Pitcher

d)

Susan

B. Anthony

45.

I am a well established belief

We suffered religious persecution

We were not welcome in the 13 colonies

Lord Baltimore established Maryland to offer us refuge

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Quakers

46.

We suffer religious persecution

We are not tolerant of other religions

We help settle Massachusetts Bay and Connecticut

We hope to purify the ideas of the Church

a)

Quakers

b)

Catholics

c)

Pilgrims

d)

Puritans

47.

religious pacifists

"Society of Friends"

we are against slavery

William Penn establishes Pennsylvania for us

a)

Puritans

b)

Catholics

c)

Quakers

d)

Pilgrims

48.

I believe in religious liberty and separation of church and state

Puritans banish me because of that

I establish Rhode Island

a)

Thomas

Hooker

b)

Anne

Hutchinson

c)

Lord

Baltimore

d)

Roger

Williams

49.

I am a revival

My focus is to get people back to religion

I take place mainly in New England colonies

Jonathan Edwards is a leader

a)

the

enlightenment

b)

the

1st great awakening

c)

the great

migration

d)

exploration

50.

Select 3 products or industries

the New England Region produced during colonial time

a)
b)
c)
d)