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Proprietary & Crown Colony Government Test

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Name one man who asked King Charles II of England to grant the Bahama Islands to the Lord Proprietors?

(a)  

2.

How many Proprietors took control of The Bahamas?

(a)  

3.

When did the Lord Proprietors begin to rule the Bahamas?

(a)  

4.

Who was sent by the Lord Proprietors to control their affairs in The Bahamas?

(a)  

5.

What was the job of the Proprietary Governors?

(a)  

6.

Which Proprietary Governor was the best?

(a)  

7.

In which year did Proprietary Government end?

(a)  

8.

When did Proprietary Government start?

a)

Nov. 1 1670.

b)

Nov. 2 1920.

c)

July 26, 1718.

d)

Sept 29, 1929.

9.

Who is a proprietor?

a)

A Lawyer.

b)

A teacher.

c)

A owner/business person.

d)

Woodes Rogers.

10.

Two proprietary governors.

a)

Nicholas Trott and Hugh Wentworth.

b)

John Darrell and Charles Chillingworth.

c)

William Sayle and Cadwallader Jones.

d)

Robert Clarke and George Phenney

11.

Which Proprietary Governor rebuilt Charles Town and called it Nassau?

a)

Nicholas Trott

b)

John Wentworth

c)

Richard Lilburne

d)

Thomas Bridges

12.

Who appointed Woodes Rogers?

a)

King George I

b)

King Charles I

c)

King Sayle I

13.

What is crown colony government?

a)

An introduction of a government appointed by the British Monarch

b)

An introduction to a government appointed by the Prime Minister

c)

A government appointed by the African Pherro Ruler

14.

Who was the second Royal Governor?

a)

King George

b)

William Sayle

c)

George Phenney

15.

In which year Rogers came to the Bahamas?

a)

1729

b)

1718

c)

1714

16.

What was the name of the ship Woodes Rogers sailed to the Bahamas on?

a)

The Fancy

b)

The Delcious

c)

The Delicia

17.

What was George Phenneys wife descried as

a)

Bossy

b)

Hard mouthed

c)

Nice

18.

On Woodes Rogers second term what did he established?

a)

House of Assembly

b)

Colony

c)

Business

19.

Who was the Father of Straw Work Industry?

a)

Woodes Rogers

b)

William Sayle

c)

George Phenney

20.

On Woodes Rogers second term which industries he tried to encourage?

a)

straw work, banking, fishing

b)

cotton, shipbuilding, fishing

c)

cotton, sugar, shipbuilding