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The English Colonies

Total questions: 43

Worksheet time: 22mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

John Winthrop founded what colony?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Georiga

c)

Vriginia

d)

Delaware

2.

Roger Willam founded what colony?

a)

North Carolina

b)

Rhode Island

c)

Maryland

d)

Pennsylvania

3.

Thomas Hooker founded what colony?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

New York

c)

New Jersey

d)

Connecticut

4.

John Mason founded what colony?

a)

South Carolina

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Georgia

d)

Rhode Island

5.

William Penn founded what two colonys?

a)

Pennsylvania and Delawhare

b)

Maryland and Virginia

c)

Georgia and New Jersey

6.

The Duke of York founded what colony?

a)

New Hampshire

b)

Georgia

c)

New York

d)

New Jersey

7.

George Cartry & Berkly founded what colony?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Delaware

c)

Georgia

d)

Pennsylvania

8.

Lord Baltimore founded what colony?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Virginia

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

9.

John Smith founded what colony?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Virginia

c)

Maryland

d)

Georgia

10.

The 8 proprietors founded what two colonies?

a)

Rhode Island and Connecticut

b)

New Jersey and New Hampshire

c)

North Carolina and South Carolina

d)

New York and New Jersey

11.

James Ogrithrope founded what colony?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Virginia

c)

Georgia

d)

Maryland

12.

List the 4 New England Colonies:

a)

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampsire

b)

New York, Pennsyvania, New Jersey, Delaware

c)

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgie, Virginia

13.

List the 4 Middle Colonies:

a)

New York, Pennsyvania, New Jersey, Delaware

b)

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire

c)

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Virginia

14.

List the 5 Southern Colonies:

a)

North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Virginia

b)

Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maryland

c)

New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Virginia

15.

Define: Quaker

a)

British law making body

b)

Religious movement in the colonies

c)

Granted 50 acres of land in America

d)

Known as the society of France

16.

Define: Indentured Servant

a)

Center of Politics in New England

b)

Worker signed a contract to pay passage to America

c)

Printing a false statement

17.

Define: Headright

a)

Granted 50 acres of in Ameirca

b)

A tax

c)

British law making body

d)

Path slaves took across the Atlantic

18.

Define: Privy Council

a)

Controlling trade un the colonies

b)

Center of Politics in New England

c)

Group of advistors to the King

19.

Define: Town Meetings

a)

System in which goods were traded between the 13 colonies, West Indes, Africa

b)

Center of politics in New England

c)

Religious movement in the colonies

20.

Define: Parliament

a)

British law making body

b)

Printing a false statement

c)

Granted 50 acres of land in Ameirca

21.

Define: Glorious Revolution

a)

Controlling trade in the colonies

b)

Overthrow of the James the ll

c)

Relgious movement in the colonies

22.

Define: Middle Passage

a)

Relgious movement in the colonies

b)

Path slaves took across the Atlantic

c)

Granted 50 acres of land in America

23.

Define: Trianglular Trade

a)

System in which goods were traded between the 13 colonies, West Indes, and Africa

b)

Controlling trade in the colonies

c)

Placed duties on rum, sugar, and molasses

24.

Define: Great Awakening

a)

The overthrow of King James the ll

b)

Relgious movement in the colonies

c)

Center of politics in New England

25.

Define: Mercantilism

a)

A tax

b)

Controlling trade in the colonies

c)

System in which goods were traded between the 13 colonies, West Indes, and Africa

26.

Define: Libel

a)

Printing a false statement

b)

A tax

c)

British law making body

27.

Duties

a)

Controlling trade

b)

Printing a false statement

c)

A tax

28.

Define: Molasses Act

a)

Place duty rum, suger, molasses

b)

Overthorwn of King James the ll

c)

System in which goods were traded between the 13 colonies

29.

Pilgrims came to the Americas with what ship?

a)

The Nina

b)

The Mayflower

c)

Tyne

30.

What country did the pilgrims go to before America?

a)

France

b)

Sweden

c)

New Netherlands,

d)

United Kingdom

31.

What area of Virmont was shared by two colonies?

a)

Pennsylvania & Delaware

b)

New York & New Hampshire

32.

What region was known as the bread basket colonies?

a)

Southern

b)

Middle

c)

New England

33.

Who did Pocahotas marry?

a)

John Smith

b)

John Rolf

34.

First permanent English colony in America

(a)  

35.

Last Colony

a)

Virginia

b)

Georgia

c)

New Hampshire

d)

Maryland

36.

Which New England colony was founded for economic reasons, not religious

a)

Massachusetts

b)

New Hampshire

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

37.

First cash crop in Jamestown

a)

Wheat

b)

Indigo

c)

Tobacco

d)

Rice

38.

The Seperatits wanted to separate from what church?

a)

Church of England

b)

Roman Catholic Church

39.

Which colonies split in 1712

a)

Pennsylvania & Delaware

b)

South & North Carlolina

40.

Banned from Massachusettts

a)

Smith

b)

William

c)

Anne

41.

What colony was as a place for Catholics?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Virginia

c)

Maryland

d)

Delaware

42.

Which colony passed the Toleration Act?

a)

Connecticut

b)

Delaware

c)

Maryland

d)

Virginia

43.

City of broverly love

a)

Virginia

b)

Delaware

c)

New York

d)

Pennsylvania

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