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Colonial America

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which of the following was a Middle Colony?

a)

  Massachusetts Bay

b)

Delaware

c)

Virginia

d)

Rhode Island

2.

Which of the following was not a New England Colony?

a)

Connecticut

b)

New York

c)

New Hampshire

d)

Rhode Island

3.

A group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.

a)

colony

b)

joint stock company

c)

debtors

d)

country

4.

treated badly and unfairly, usually because of religion, politics, or race

a)

persecuted

b)

debtor

c)

colonized

d)

enslaved

5.

Colonists who received free passage to North America in exchange for working without pay for a certain number of years

a)

Debtors

b)

Pilgrims

c)

Catholics

d)

Indentured Servants

6.

When did Virginia enter the practice of slavery?

a)

1619

b)

1528

c)

1600

d)

1818

7.

Who did all of the labor in the southern colonies?

a)

Pilgrims

b)

American Indians

c)

French

d)

Slaves

8.

New England, Middle and _____ were the three regions that made up the thirteen colonies.

a)

Southern

b)

Western

9.

How many regions were the colonies divided into?

a)

three

b)

five

10.

Which colonial region was made up of Connecticut, Massachusetts, New Hampshire and Rhode Island?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

11.

Which of the following was not a term for one of the Colonial regions?

a)

Southern Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

d)

Northern Colonies

12.

Plantation

a)

a large farm where crops were grown and sold for profit (cash crops)

b)

A factory in the city

13.

Which of the following best describes how slaves were treated in the Southern colonies?

a)

They were treated well and given free education.

b)

They were beaten and treated very badly.

c)

They were paid to do skilled jobs and housework.

d)

They were paid to do work in factories.

14.

What natural feature served as the border of the British Colonies?

a)

The Mississippi River

b)

The Appalachian Mountains

c)

The Rocky Mountains

d)

The Pacific Ocean

15.

In 1740, which colony had the most African-American slaves?

a)

New York

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

d)

Virginia