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WorksheetsColonizing North America
Total questions: 17
Worksheet time: 12mins
What European settlement, founded in 1620, was settled by the Pilgrims?
Plymouth
Jamestown
Roanoke
A group of people that make the rules and laws for a society-
Government
Religion
Economy
A system of faith and worship that influences beliefs and behaviors-
Religion
Economy
War
St. Augustine, Florida was established to Christianize the Natives. Why is this city important to American history?
It was the first permanent European Settlement in the New World.
It was successful because they learned to grow tobacco from the Indians.
It was the second unsuccessful English settlement in the New World.
Many indentured servants and slaves worked on plantations in the Southern colonies. Plantations are-
very large farms that grow cash crops
pen fields for military practice
sheltered areas of water to fish in
Mild winters and fertile soil; most people made their living from farming. These are characteristics of what colonial region?
Southern
New England
Middle
Why might the New England region be more successful than the Southern region at fishing, whaling, shipbuilding, and lumber?
More access to water in New England
Too hot in the South
More people in New England
The __________ were often called "the breadbasket colonies."
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
New England Colonies
Agriculture was more important in the Southern colonies than in the New England colonies because in the Southern colonies the
growing season was longer
rainfall was more predictable
wind was less damaging
What form of government is based on the belief that power is held by the people and their elected representatives?
representative government
monarchy
Which important group is described above?
Virginia House of Burgesses
Plymouth Rock Compan
Massachusetts Governor's Council
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut-
set the structure and powers of the government in the Connecticut Colony
was an agreement by the Pilgrims on how their government should be run
The first document to establish self-government in the New World was-
The Mayflower Compact
The Articles of Confederation
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
How is a "representative government" different from a "monarchy"?
voters elect officials to run the country
voters elect a king
a small group of people decide who runs the country
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