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WorksheetsThe 13 Colonies
Total questions: 42
Worksheet time: 42mins
How were the experiences of indentured servants different from those of enslaved people?
Indentured servants were rarely granted their freedom.
Indentured servants worked in the fields to grow and harvest cash crops.
Indentured servants were forced to follow strict laws that controlled their behavior.
Indentured servants worked without pay for a certain number of years; then they were free.
An individual who signed a contract to work for 4-7 years in exchange for a trip from England to America
Slave
Indentured Servant
Which of the following is NOT a southern colony?
Georgia
N. Carolina
New Jersey
Virginia
What are examples of cash crops?
Rice, Indigo, Tobacco
Wheat, Corn & livestock
Raising fowl, Tobacco, Wheat
Fish, bluegrass, and rice
What was a major problem for Virginia tobacco growers?
getting permission from the king to grow tobacco for sale
clearing enough land to grow a profitable crop
convincing Puritan leaders that growing tobacco was not a sin
finding enough workers to grow their crop
Which of these describes an indentured servant?
Someone that pays their debt to a master by working for them without pay.
Someone that pays rent on their farm with a portion of their crops.
Someone that makes and sells candles to wealthy landowners.
Someone that was sold to a landowner and forced to work as a cook.
What was the difference between indentured servants and enslaved people?
Indentured servants cost twice as much as enslaved people, but worked half as hard.
Indentured servants earned their freedom after 5-7 years. Enslaved people were rarely freed.
Indentured servants worked in households. Enslaved people worked in farm fields.
Indentured servants stood out from the rest of the population. Enslaved people blended in.
Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut
New England Colonies
Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey
Middle Colonies
Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia
Southern Colonies
Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?
People with specific skills settled in each area.
The regions had different geographies and resources.
The people all had different reasons for colonizing North America.
The leaders of the colonies decided how the people would earn a living.
All 13 colonies had originally allowed slavery.
True
False
What was life like for an indentured servant?
Indentured servants had a great life and they were treated very well by their kind masters.
Most indentured servants were women who had a very easy life working in the fields.
Life was harsh and short for indentured servants. Because of diseases like malaria and yellow fever indentured servants often died before they earned their freedom.
What was life like for women in the Southern colonies?
Southern women had a hard time finding a husband because there were so few men in the Southern colonies.
Women were not able to vote or participate in politics.
Women were taught to read and write and many returned to England for college.
Most women in the Southern colonies could not read or write.
True
False
Education was considered a privilege in the Southern colonies.
True
False
Although the large majority of slaves lived in Southern colonies, slavery existed in all 13 colonies.
True
False
Why did crops grow well in the Southern colonies?
They had a warm climate and long growing season.
They had a cold winter and rocky soil.
They had marshy and salty water that they used to irrigate the fields.
The sloped hillsides provided the perfect place to create terraced farms in the hills.
What is a cash crop?
A tree where money grows
A crop which is grown and sold mainly for money
A crop which is grown to feed someone's family
A poisonous type of plant
New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut formed which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Atlantic
New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania make up which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Western
Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed the "Bread Basket?"
They ate tons of sandwiches
They made lots of baskets
There were lots of bread baskets sold there
They grew lots of grain
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia made up which group of colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Purple
What were the large farms called in the Southern Colonies?
Dairy Farms
Plantations
Zoos
Cash Crops
What items were mostly grown on Plantations?
squash, beans, potatoes, cucumbers
bananas, grapes, strawberries, oranges
tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton
peanuts, soybeans, corn, tomatoes
Which of the following was not a SOUTHERN colony?
Virginia
Georgia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Massachusetts
What did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend on?
Whaling
Trade
Growing staple crops
Growing cash crops
True or False: The Southern Colonies used so many slaves because the cash crops they grew required a lot of hard labor.
True
False
How were the farming conditions in the Southern colonies?
Warm climate and rich soil
Cool climate and rocky soil
Mild climate and rich soil.
This English man established the colony of Georgia.
Sir Calvert, Lord of Baltimore
John Smith
James Oglethorpe
Peter Minuit
This plant is used to make a blue dye that was very popular in Europe.
Cobalt
Indigo
Lavender
Blue bells
Most people settled in the Southern Colonies to...
become rich landowners and farm
escape the slave trade
join the shipping industry
escape religious persecution
The large farms in the Southern Colonies were called...
ranches
homesteads
plantations
granges
Which of the following was the first law making assembly in the English colonies?
House of Representatives
Whig House
Mercantilist House
House of Burgesses
Overall, the Southern Colonies had plentiful timber, good fishing, and fertile ground that allowed for large farms.
True
False
This was the only Southern colony in which slavery was initially banned.
North Carolina
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
The king was worried about the French and Spanish settlements in North America and in order insulate his already established colonies from them, he gave this gentleman permission to start a colony filled with debtors from English prisons. Who was he?
Sir Calvert
Lord John Berkley
Roger Williams
James Oglethorpe
Which colony is between Maryland and North Carolina?
South Carolina
Georgia
Virginia
Which colony is between North Carolina and Georgia?
South Carolina
Maryland
Virginia
Which colony splits into two colonies because of a disagreement over how the colony should be governed?
Virginia
Carolina
Maryland
