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Unit 3 Lesson 7

Total questions: 18

Worksheet time: 9mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The members of a religious group who often faced religious persecution and came to North America looking for religious freedom.

a)

Pilgrims

b)

Puritans

c)

Quakers

2.

In the 1600's the Dutch founded a colony called....

a)

New Netherlands

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

3.

New Netherlands was in the Hudson River Valley. England thought of the colony as a threat, declared war on _______, and took over its colony.

a)

Holland

b)

France

c)

Sweden

d)

Italy

4.

New Netherlands became the colonies of___ ____ and ___ ______.

a)

New York and Pennsylvania

b)

Pennsylvania and New Jersey

c)

New Jersey and Delaware

d)

New York and New Jersey

5.

Middle colonies are also known as _____ ______ ________ since grains were grown there.

a)

Wheat Making colonies

b)

Bread Basket Colonies

c)

Whaling colonies

6.

People from many different countries and of many different religions lived in New Amsterdam, which eventually became....

a)

New York City

b)

New Jersey

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Delaware

7.

Which groups of people came to call the Middle Colonies home...

a)

Dutch, French, English, Greek

b)

Dutch, French, Swedish, Flemish, Italian, Spanish

c)

Russian, English, Arabic, Spanish

d)

ONLY English

8.

Which colony?

The King of England told his brother, the Duke of York, that he could have this colony, which originally belonged to the Dutch, if he could take it over.

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Delaware

9.

Which colony?

William Penn planned this colony carefully, designed a frame of government that provided a legislature and several rights. This colony became home to many European immigrants.

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Delaware

10.

Which colony?

This region was divided into two and split between the Duke of York's two friends, Lord Berkeley and Sir Carteret. They promised settlers many benefits for colonizing including cheap land, representative government, and freedom of religion.

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Delaware

11.

Which colony?

The area of what had been New Sweden stayed part of Pennsylvania unit 1704, when Penn approved the creation of a separate government for it, creating this colony.

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Delaware

12.

Which colony is number 1?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New York

d)

Delaware

13.

Which colony is #2?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New York

d)

Delaware

14.

Which Colony is #3?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New York

d)

Delaware

15.

Which colony is #4?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New York

d)

Delaware

16.

AP practice....What is the name of the original settlement apart of colony #1?

a)

New Netherlands

b)

New Amsterdam

c)

New York

d)

New Jersey

17.

AP practice..... What year was the original settlement founded?

a)

1620

b)

1626

c)

1773

18.

What is the name of the ocean on the eastern coast of the Americas?

a)

Pacific Ocean

b)

Atlantic Ocean

c)

Indian Ocean