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Founders of 13 Colonies

Total questions: 10

Worksheet time: 5mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who was the founder of Virginia?

a)

James Oglethrope

b)

Roger Williams

c)

John Smith

d)

Cecilus Calvert

2.

Who was the founder of Massachusetts?

a)

Duke of York

b)

John Winthrop

c)

William Penn

d)

John Smith

3.

Who is the founder of Pennsylvania?

a)

Cecilus Calvert

b)

John Smith

c)

William Penn

d)

Duke of York

4.

 

Who is the founder of New York?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

King James

c)

Duke of York

d)

James Oglethrope

5.

Who escaped deportation from Massachusetts to England, fled south with his followers, and purchased land from the Narragansett people and founded of the town of Providence?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Cecilus Calvert

c)

William Roger

d)

John Smith

6.

 

Also known as Lord Baltimore, who was the founder of Maryland?

a)

Duke of York

b)

George Calvert

c)

John Winthrop

d)

James Oglethrope

7.

Who pleaded with King George II of England, and helped English prisoners, imprisoned for financial debt, relocate to form the royal colony of Georgia?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

King Phillip

c)

James Oglethrope

d)

John Smith

8.

What Puritan was banished from the Massachusetts Bay Colony as a Heretic for challenging Puritan authority, and then moved south with family and followers to settle in Rhode Island?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Bob

c)

William Rogers

d)

Anne Hutchinson

9.

Who believed the Puritans were corrupted by the Anglican church & that the king had no right to give away land that belonged to Native Americans?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Anne Hutchinson

c)

Henry Hudson

d)

James Oglethorpe

10.

In 1670 the first settlers arrived in South Carolina. What did they name their first settlement?

a)

Mount Pleasant

b)

Myrtle Beach

c)

Florence

d)

Charles Town