Worksheets13 Colonies
Total questions: 12
Worksheet time: 6mins
A colony is a:
community of people living together
Nation with an independent government
settlement in a distant land ruled by a mother country
A place that has a democracy
When was the Colonial Period?
1450-1700
1607-1775
1776-1800
1820-1900
A group of people elected to make laws is a:
Constitution
Compact
Declaration of Justifce
Legislature
A document that outlines the powers and structures of a government is a:
compact
Constitution
Legislature
Declaration of Justice
A person who goes agrees to work for another in exchange for the price of passage to the colonies is a(n):
colonist
skinner
indentured servant
merchant
The first successful English colony was:
Jamestown, VA
Plymouth MA
New York
Georgia
Pilgrims went to Plymouth for:
economic opportunity
political freedom
religious freedom
the chance to be indentured servants
The economic theory that motivated England to start colonies is:
colonialism
mercantilism
capitalism
export theory
An item that is traded outside of one's country is called a(N):
export
import
mercantile
colonialist
An item that is purchased from another country is a(n):
Import
export
mercantile
colonialist
Which of the following groups did NOT come to Colonial America by choice:
indentured servants
Pilgrims
colonists
slaves
There was a great deal of economic opportunity in Colonial America because there was so much:
Religious freedom
available land
gold
spice
