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Unit 3: Colonial America

Total questions: 26

Worksheet time: 13mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Who were the Puritans?

a)

A group of English Protestants who settled in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

b)

Indentured servants who worked in the Southern Colonies

c)

Spanish explorers in the Americas

d)

Native American tribes in New England

2.

Who challenged the leaders of Massachusetts Bay and believed in the separation of church and state?

a)

Roger Williams

b)

Maryland

c)

Anne Hutchinson

d)

Virginia

3.

What were New England Town Meetings?

a)

Religious gatherings led by Puritan ministers

b)

Gatherings of Native American tribes in New England

c)

Political assemblies in the Southern Colonies

d)

Meetings held in colonial New England where settlers discussed and voted on issues

4.

What was the General Court in the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

a)

Elected representative assembly in the Massachusetts Bay Colony

b)

The highest court of law in colonial America

c)

A religious council led by Puritan ministers

d)

A governing body appointed by the king of England

5.

Who was Anne Hutchinson?

a)

A Native American leader in Rhode Island

b)

A woman who questioned the teachings of the church and was exiled from Massachusetts Bay

c)

A Spanish explorer who settled in Maryland

d)

A devout Puritan who regularly attended church services in Boston

6.

What were indentured servants in the Southern Colonies?

a)

Farmers who owned their own land and worked for themselves

b)

Native Americans who were forced to work on European settlements

c)

People who agreed to work without pay for a period of time in exchange for passage to the colonies

d)

Slaves who were brought from Africa to work on plantations

7.

What is a Royal (Crown) Colony?

a)

Colonies that are controlled by one person who allows other people to live there

b)

Colonies that are self-governing and have their own charters

c)

Colonies completely controlled by the king and the government of England

d)

Colonies that are controlled by a religious group

8.

What is a Self-Governing (Charter) Colony?

a)

Colonies that are controlled by a religious group

b)

Colonies completely controlled by the king and the government of England

c)

Colonies that are controlled by one person who allows other people to live there

d)

Colonies that are self-governing and have their own charters

9.

What is a Proprietary Colony?

a)

Colonies that are self-governing and have their own charters

b)

Colonies that are controlled by a religious group

c)

Colonies that are controlled by one person who allows other people to live there

d)

Colonies completely controlled by the king and the government of England

10.

What was the main reason for indentured servants to come to the colonies?

a)

To work without pay in exchange for passage to the colonies

b)

To escape religious persecution in Europe

c)

To establish their own self-governing colonies

d)

To search for gold and other valuable resources

11.

What were the Navigation Acts?

a)

Laws that restricted the import of goods to England

b)

Laws that regulated trade between England and its colonies

c)

Laws that promoted democracy in the English colonies

d)

Laws that granted freedom to Africans in the colonies

12.

What does 'import' mean?

a)

Young workers being trained in a craft

b)

Trade products sent out to markets outside a country

c)

Trade products brought into a country

d)

Skilled craftspeople in the colonies

13.

What does 'export' mean?

a)

People who had the least freedom in the English colonies

b)

The colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies, and Africa

c)

Trade products brought into a country

d)

Trade products sent out to markets outside a country

14.

What is mercantilism?

a)

The theory that trade should be free and unrestricted

b)

The theory that a nation's economic strength came from keeping strict control over its colonial trade

c)

The theory that all people should have equal rights and opportunities

d)

The theory that colonies should have the right to govern themselves

15.

Who had the least freedom in the English colonies?

a)

Craftsmen in the colonies

b)

Africans in the colonies

c)

Artisans in the colonies

d)

Apprentices in the colonies

16.

What was the Triangular Trade?

a)

The trade route between England, France, and Spain

b)

The colonial trade route between New England, the West Indies, and Africa

c)

The trade route between the English colonies and Native American tribes

d)

The trade route between the English colonies and Asia

17.

Who were artisans?

a)

Skilled craftspeople such as blacksmiths, printers, and cabinetmakers

b)

Young workers who are being trained in a craft

c)

People who had the least freedom in the English colonies

d)

Government officials in the colonies

18.

What is an apprentice?

a)

People who had the least freedom in the English colonies

b)

Young workers who are being trained in a craft

c)

Government officials in the colonies

d)

Skilled craftspeople such as blacksmiths, printers, and cabinetmakers

19.

What is democracy?

a)

Government by a single ruler

b)

Government by the people

c)

Government by a small group of wealthy individuals

d)

Government by religious leaders

20.

What did the Navigation Acts aim to do?

a)

Grant freedom to Africans in the colonies

b)

Regulate trade and tighten control between England and its colonies

c)

Promote democracy in the English colonies

d)

Encourage free trade between England and other countries

21.

The following colonies belong to which region?

New York

Pennsylvania 

New Jersey

Delaware

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

22.

The following colonies belong to which region?

Maryland

Virginia

North Carolina

South Carolina

Georgia

a)

Middle Colonies

b)

Southern Colonies

c)

New England Colonies

23.

The following colonies belong to which region?

New Hampshire

Massachusetts

Connecticut

Rhode Island

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

24.

Who was William Penn?

a)
William Penn was an American politician and inventor.
b)

William Penn was an English Quaker and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. He established the Religious Society of Friends.

c)
William Penn was a Spanish conquistador and explorer.
d)
William Penn was a French philosopher and mathematician.
25.

Who was granted land by King Charles II of England to settle debts?

a)
John Smith
b)
George Washington
c)
Thomas Jefferson
d)
William Penn
26.

Who were the Quakers?

a)
The Quakers were a political party in England in the 17th century.
b)
The Quakers were a group of explorers who settled in America in the 17th century.
c)

The Quakers were a protestant reformers who believe in equality, and non-violence, of all people.

d)
The Quakers were a military organization that fought in the English Civil War.