Worksheets13 Original Colonies
Total questions: 45
Worksheet time: 23mins
______________ created colonies in North America.
England
Germany
Italy
Poland
Which factor contributed most to the development of the slave trade?
factory labor in European industrial centers
textile work in North American urban areas
sugar plantations in Caribbean territories
shipping ports in Mediterranean coastal cities
Which statement about women’s roles is most accurate?
Work varied little and women’s roles rarely changed.
Women had the same freedom and opportunity as men.
Women performed a variety of tasks inside and outside their houses.
Work in the household provided them with opportunities to vote in northern states.
What best explains why The Mayflower Compact is important?
It was an early step toward self-government in the American colonies.
It established the principle of religious toleration in the American colonies.
It pledged representatives of the thirteen American colonies to work together.
It led to conflict between the American colonists and the English government.
Why would members of the House of Burgesses most likely meet?
to approve laws passed in England
to choose a representative to Parliament
to appoint governors of the other colonies
to make decisions about local laws and taxes
After Pocahontas married John Rolfe, she
stayed in Jamestown for the rest of her life.
continued working with colonists until her death.
moved to Roanoke.
traveled to England and lived there.
All of the following groups of people experienced some limitation of their rights during the Colonial period in America. Which group experienced the least limitation of its rights?
Native Americans
women
slaves
men
What was the primary cause of the large amount of Indians dying?
health issues caused by famine
the introduction of foreign diseases
illness due to lack of shelters
the loss of knowledge about traditional medicine
Use the list below to answer the question.
Facts about a Cultural Group in the United States
• brought to colonial America and the United States as enslaved people
• gained freedom from slavery but faced continued discrimination in the nineteenth century
• led twentieth-century efforts to end racial segregation and ensure civil rights for all
Which cultural group is described in the list?
Polish Americans
Korean Americans
African Americans
Mexican Americans
What was a significant aspect of the Mayflower Compact?
It was the first treaty between the American colonies and the British.
It was the first attempt to set up a framework for government in America.
It established the Church of England as the official religion of the American colonies.
It established a peaceful relationship between the Pilgrims and the Native Americans.
Which of the following correctly completes the graphic?
The Magna Carta is signed.
The Mayflower Compact is signed.
The Act of Toleration is signed with Catholic colonists.
The Treaty of Greenville is signed with Native Americans.
Which group of North American colonists first developed a system of self-government?
the Dutch
the Quakers
the Pilgrims
the French
people who talked about and decided on issues of local interest.
Town meeting
Great Migration
Immigrants
Puritans
Pilgrims
People who wanted to reform the Anglican chruch.
Town meeting
Great Migration
Immigrants
Puritans
Pilgrims
Time when more than 40,000 people moved to New England.
Town meeting
Great Migration
Immigrants
Puritans
Pilgrims
separatist group that left England to escape persecution.
Town meeting
Great Migration
Immigrants
Puritans
Pilgrims
People who left the country of their birth to live in another country.
Town meeting
Great Migration
Immigrants
Puritans
Pilgrims
What is the term for crops that are always needed?
Natural Crops
Plantations Crops
Cash Crops
Staple Crops
The Triangular Trade was goods and slaves are traded between the colonies, Britain, and China.
True
False
The first permanent English settlement in America.
Jamestown
John Smith
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Large farms spread far apart.
Jamestown
John Smith
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Took control of Jamestown and built a fort there.
Jamestown
John Smith
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730's & 40's.
Jamestown
John Smith
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Large religious group in the New Jersey colony.
Jamestown
John Smith
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Enlightenment thinker who believed that people have the right to equality and liberty.
Jamestown
John Locke
Quakers
Great Awakening
Plantations
Cash Crops are crops that are sold for profit; tobacco, rice, indigo.
True
False
The Mayflower Compact could best be described as a/an?
Trade contract between Great Britain and merchants in the Virginia colony.
Detailed list of reasons why the Pilgrims left England for the US
Early attempt at self-government in the English Colonies.
List of rights for British citizens.
During ______________, the leader and his followers attacked and burned Jamestown to protest the governor's policies regarding trade with American Indians.
The Whiskey Rebellion
The Powhatan Confederation
Bacon's Rebellion
Mayflower Compact
An agreement made with John Smith: where native Americans brought food to the colonists and taught them how to grow corn.
The Powhatan Confederacy
The Corn Agreement
The First Thanksgiving
The Great Migration
Education was important in the New England colonies because parents wanted their children to read the _____.
Bible
Koran
Laws
95 Theses
Slave codes are codes used to allow slaves to roam free.
True
False
Indentured servants were colonists who agreed to work from 4-7 yeas on the farms of those who paid for their journey to America.
True
False
Colony A
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
Colony B
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
Colony C
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
Colony D
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
Colony E
South Carolina
Virginia
Maryland
Georgia
North Carolina
Colony F
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Colony G
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Colony H
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Colony I
New York
New Jersey
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Colony J
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Colony K
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Colony L
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
Colony M
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Connecticut
New Hampshire
