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WorksheetsEarly Colonial History
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 3600secs
What is the difference between a pirate and a privateer?
Pirates swear allegiance to a country
Privateers do it for a government
Only pirates fly a skull and crossbone flag
Privateers use smaller boats
The Dare Stone states:
"Father Soone After You/Goe for England Wee Cam Hither/Onlie Misarie and Warre Tow Yeere/Above Halfe Deade ere Tow Yeere More From Sickenes Beine Foure & Twentie..."
What is an accurate summary?
For two years there was war and twenty four people died
After two years, the Lost Coloniests went back to England and half of the people died from sickness.
Two years after John White left, twenty four people died from sickness.
For two years there was misery and war killing half of the people. Then, only 24 people were alive after sickness.
Why did the Europeans start exploring in the late 1400s?
To spread Christianity to other parts of the world and to gather resources.
To create colonies along the Silk Road
To start trading with China and India.
To find a new route to China and India after the Ottomans closed Constantinople.
Which of the following best describes what a colony is?
A territory that is under the control of another country
A country that controls another territory
A country or territory that willfully trades with another country or territory
A group of bees
What is the purpose of a colony?
To decrease the wealth of the mother country
To aquire more subjects (people) to get taxes from
To increase the wealth of the mother country
Most of the original Jamestown colonists moved to the New World for what reason?
To get away from England in order to practice their religion freely
To find gold
To create their very own colony and gain political power
To form more peaceful relationships with Native American tribes
The House of Burgesses was created in Jamestown. What was the House of Burgesses? There are two correct answers.
A legislative body that governed
the Virginia Company/Colony.
The 1st representative government in America.
The house that the Governor of Virginia lived at (and continues to live til this day).
It was one of the places that were destroyed during Bacon's Rebellion.
A Puritan believes in which of the following?
The Church of England should and can reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible
The Church of England should reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible, but they knew that wouldn't happen
Equality between the sexes, anti-slavery, anti-violence, and were tolerate of others' beliefs
They didn't believe they needed the clergy to communicate with God.
A Quaker believes in which of the following? There are two correct answers.
The Church of England should and can reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible
The Church of England should reform by getting rid of any practice not in the Bible, but they knew that wouldn't happen
Equality between the sexes, anti-slavery, anti-violence, and were tolerate of others' beliefs
They didn't believe they needed the clergy to communicate with God.
Why did the Pilgrims move to America (to Plymouth)?
To escape religious persecution
To try and find gold
To increase the wealth of England
How did the Pilgrims and Wampanoag help each other? There are two correct answers.
The Wampanoag helped the Pilgrims grow food in poor soil.
The Wampanoag helped protect the Pilgrims from other nearby tribes.
The Pilgrims helped protect the Wampanoag from other nearby warring tribes.
The Pilgrims gave the Wampanoag great deals when they traded.
This colonial region relied on trade, mills, lumber, fishing, shipbuilding, fur trading, whaling, craftsmanship, and the slave trade to make money. They would also use a town meeting format to run their colony.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This colonial region relied on growing grains, fruits, and vegetables, ironworking, forestry, and shipping to make money. They would also use a combination of town meetings and assemblies to run their colony.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
This colonial region relied on growing tobacco, indigo, and rice to make money. They would also use assemblies to run their colony.
New England Colonies
Middle Colonies
Southern Colonies
Which of the following is one of the main reasons that the people of Salem believed in witches?
Puritans believed witches were real.
All of the people of Salem could see the magic.
Everyone trusted Tituba because she was so respected in the community.
Because witches really are real!
The Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights did which of the following?
Limited the power of the king
Allowed the people to create their own government
Gave rights, such as freedom of expression, to the people
It redefined the laws in England
Which of the following best describes the idea of mercantilism?
A theory where colonies produce most of a country's goods
An economic practice where a country tries to become the wealthiest
An economic practice where the government doesn't participate in the economy
Which of the following is a tariff?
A tax on the military
A sales tax you pay when you buy something
A tax on exports so a country can make more money
A tax on imports so a country can make more money
What is smuggling?
When you trade your goods by using official tax officials
When you only buy and sell stuff that are transported on British ships
Shipping goods illegally usually to avoid paying taxes
Which of the following is a reason why North Carolinians liked pirates such as Blackbeard?
They were able to buy goods for a cheaper price
Pirates were used to help protect the colony
North Carolinians did not want Blackbeard living amongst them
Pirates were used to attack the British during the American Revolution
