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The 13 Colonies

Total questions: 42

Worksheet time: 42mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

How were the experiences of indentured servants different from those of enslaved people?

a)

Indentured servants were rarely granted their freedom.

b)

Indentured servants worked in the fields to grow and harvest cash crops.

c)

Indentured servants were forced to follow strict laws that controlled their behavior.

d)

Indentured servants worked without pay for a certain number of years; then they were free.

2.

An individual who signed a contract to work for 4-7 years in exchange for a trip from England to America

a)

Slave

b)

Indentured Servant

3.

Which of the following is NOT a southern colony?

a)

Georgia

b)

N. Carolina

c)

New Jersey

d)

Virginia

4.

What are examples of cash crops?

a)

Rice, Indigo, Tobacco

b)

Wheat, Corn & livestock

c)

Raising fowl, Tobacco, Wheat

d)

Fish, bluegrass, and rice

5.

What was a major problem for Virginia tobacco growers?

a)

getting permission from the king to grow tobacco for sale

b)

clearing enough land to grow a profitable crop

c)

convincing Puritan leaders that growing tobacco was not a sin

d)

finding enough workers to grow their crop

6.

Which of these describes an indentured servant?

a)

Someone that pays their debt to a master by working for them without pay.

b)

Someone that pays rent on their farm with a portion of their crops.

c)

Someone that makes and sells candles to wealthy landowners.

d)

Someone that was sold to a landowner and forced to work as a cook.

7.

What was the difference between indentured servants and enslaved people?

a)

Indentured servants cost twice as much as enslaved people, but worked half as hard.

b)

Indentured servants earned their freedom after 5-7 years. Enslaved people were rarely freed.

c)

Indentured servants worked in households. Enslaved people worked in farm fields.

d)

Indentured servants stood out from the rest of the population. Enslaved people blended in.

8.
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Match the following

a)

Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut

1.

New England Colonies

b)

Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey

2.

Middle Colonies

c)

Georgia, Maryland, South Carolina, Virginia

3.

Southern Colonies

9.

Why did people in the New England, Middle, and Southern colonies adapt different ways of life?

a)

People with specific skills settled in each area.

b)

The regions had different geographies and resources.

c)

The people all had different reasons for colonizing North America.

d)

The leaders of the colonies decided how the people would earn a living.

10.

All 13 colonies had originally allowed slavery.

a)

True

b)

False

11.

What was life like for an indentured servant?

a)

Indentured servants had a great life and they were treated very well by their kind masters.

b)

Most indentured servants were women who had a very easy life working in the fields.

c)

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.

12.

What was life like for women in the Southern colonies?

a)

Southern women had a hard time finding a husband because there were so few men in the Southern colonies.

b)

Women were not able to vote or participate in politics.

c)

Women were taught to read and write and many returned to England for college.

13.

Most women in the Southern colonies could not read or write.

a)

True

b)

False

14.

Education was considered a privilege in the Southern colonies.

a)

True

b)

False

15.

Although the large majority of slaves lived in Southern colonies, slavery existed in all 13 colonies.

a)

True

b)

False

16.

Why did crops grow well in the Southern colonies?

a)

They had a warm climate and long growing season.

b)

They had a cold winter and rocky soil.

c)

They had marshy and salty water that they used to irrigate the fields.

d)

The sloped hillsides provided the perfect place to create terraced farms in the hills.

17.

What is a cash crop?

a)

A tree where money grows

b)

A crop which is grown and sold mainly for money

c)

A crop which is grown to feed someone's family

d)

A poisonous type of plant

18.

New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and Connecticut formed which group of colonies?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Atlantic

19.

New Jersey, Delaware, New York, and Pennsylvania make up which group of colonies?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Western

20.

Why were the Middle Colonies nicknamed the "Bread Basket?"

a)

They ate tons of sandwiches

b)

They made lots of baskets

c)

There were lots of bread baskets sold there

d)

They grew lots of grain

21.

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia made up which group of colonies?

a)

New England

b)

Middle

c)

Southern

d)

Purple

22.

What were the large farms called in the Southern Colonies?

a)

Dairy Farms

b)

Plantations

c)

Zoos

d)

Cash Crops

23.

What items were mostly grown on Plantations?

a)

squash, beans, potatoes, cucumbers

b)

bananas, grapes, strawberries, oranges

c)

tobacco, rice, indigo, cotton

d)

peanuts, soybeans, corn, tomatoes

24.

Which of the following was not a SOUTHERN colony?

a)

Virginia

b)

Georgia

c)

North Carolina

d)

South Carolina

e)

Massachusetts

25.

What did the economy of the Southern Colonies depend on?

a)

Whaling

b)

Trade

c)

Growing staple crops

d)

Growing cash crops

26.

True or False: The Southern Colonies used so many slaves because the cash crops they grew required a lot of hard labor.

a)

True

b)

False

27.

How were the farming conditions in the Southern colonies?

a)

Warm climate and rich soil

b)

Cool climate and rocky soil

c)

Mild climate and rich soil.

28.

This English man established the colony of Georgia.

a)

Sir Calvert, Lord of Baltimore

b)

John Smith

c)

James Oglethorpe

d)

Peter Minuit

29.

This plant is used to make a blue dye that was very popular in Europe.

a)

Cobalt

b)

Indigo

c)

Lavender

d)

Blue bells

30.

Most people settled in the Southern Colonies to...

a)

become rich landowners and farm

b)

escape the slave trade

c)

join the shipping industry

d)

escape religious persecution

31.

The large farms in the Southern Colonies were called...

a)

ranches

b)

homesteads

c)

plantations

d)

granges

32.

Which of the following was the first law making assembly in the English colonies?

a)

House of Representatives

b)

Whig House

c)

Mercantilist House

d)

House of Burgesses

33.

Overall, the Southern Colonies had plentiful timber, good fishing, and fertile ground that allowed for large farms.

a)

True

b)

False

34.

This was the only Southern colony in which slavery was initially banned.

a)

North Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Maryland

d)

Virginia

35.

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?

a)

Sir Calvert

b)

Lord John Berkley

c)

Roger Williams

d)

James Oglethorpe

36.

Which colony is between Maryland and North Carolina?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Georgia

c)

Virginia

37.

Which colony is between North Carolina and Georgia?

a)

South Carolina

b)

Maryland

c)

Virginia

38.

Which colony splits into two colonies because of a disagreement over how the colony should be governed?

a)

Virginia

b)

Carolina

c)

Maryland

39.
James Oglethorpe created a colony for ______.
a)
business owners
b)
Germans
c)
debtors
d)
governors
40.
What does debtor mean?
a)
a plant that produces blue dye
b)
a person who owns land in a colony
c)
a person who has a lot of money
d)
a person who owes money to another
41.
Georgia was named after King ___________.
a)
John
b)
James
c)
Oglethorpe
d)
George
42.
Which one of the following is NOT a colony?
a)
Delaware
b)
New Hampshire
c)
Florida
d)
Maryland