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WorksheetsColonizing America Quiz
Total questions: 86
Worksheet time: 52mins
Who was the leader of Jamestown?
William Penn
John Smith
Benjamin Franklin
Pontiac
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Plymouth
Roanoke
Jamestown
Massachusetts Bay
What are joint-stock companies?
Groups of farmers
Groups of investors
Groups of soldiers
Groups of merchants
Who were indentured servants?
Workers who exchanged labor for a home and food, temporary slaves
Native American leaders
British soldiers
Religious leaders
What is a Puritan?
Member of a religious group known for tolerance
Member of a religious group known for its strict beliefs
Member of a political group
Member of a trade union
Who was the leader of the first settlers at Massachusetts Bay Colony?
William Penn
John Winthrop
Jonathan Edwards
William Pitt
What was King Philip’s War?
Conflict between settlers and Native Americans
War between France and England
Civil war in England
War between Spain and Portugal
Who founded the colony of Pennsylvania?
John Smith
William Penn
Benjamin Franklin
Pontiac
What is a Quaker?
Member of a religious group known for tolerance
Member of a political party
Member of a military group
Member of a trade guild
What is mercantilism?
Belief in free trade
Belief that nations should get gold and silver through colonies, Colonies existed for the economic benefit of the home country.
Belief in agricultural development
Belief in industrialization
What were the Navigation Acts?
Laws to promote agriculture
Laws to control colonial trade
Laws to encourage immigration
Laws to establish schools
What was the triangular trade?
Trade between Europe, Africa, and Asia
Trade between Europe, Africa, and the Americas
Trade between Asia, Africa, and Australia
Trade between Europe, Asia, and the Americas
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
British leader in the French and Indian War
Philadelphia inventor, writer, and political leader
Native American leader
Leader of Jamestown
What was the Great Awakening?
Political movement in Europe
Religious revival movement in the colonies
Economic reform in the colonies
Military campaign in North America
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
Law limiting the area of English settlement
Law promoting trade with Native Americans
Law establishing new colonies
Law encouraging immigration
an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620
Mayflower compact
Reagan Address
Croatoan Crisis
Wintrop Writings
Intellectual movement that started in Europe
, emphasizing reason and individualism
Mayflower Compact
Enlightenment
Magna Carta
Reformation
Which document limited the power of the English monarchy and influenced colonial government?
Magna Carta
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence
Bill of Rights
Who was the influential preacher during the Great Awakening known for his emotional sermons?
John Smith
William Penn
Jonathan Edwards
John Winthrop
Which colonial region was known for its plantations and reliance on slave labor?
Southern Colonies
Middle Colonies
New England Colonies
Western Territories
What were joint-stock companies?
Businesses where investors pool capital for ventures, sharing profits.
English Protestants seeking to purify the Church of England.
Religious group emphasizing direct communication with God and equality.
Colony directly governed by the British Crown.
Which colony?
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Which colony?
New Jersey
New York
Massachusetts
North Carolina
Which colony?
South Carolina
North Carolina
Maryland
New York
Which colony?
Delaware
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Georgia
Which colony?
Rhode Island
New York
Virginia
Maryland
Which colony?
Georgia
Massachusetts
Delaware
Virginia
Which colony?
Massachusetts
New York
Delaware
South Carolina
Which colony?
Virginia
New Hampshire
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Which colony?
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut
Georgia
Which colony?
New York
New Hampshire
Virginia
Rhode Island
Which colony?
Connecticut
Delaware
Maryland
South Carolina
Which colony?
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Virginia
Massachusetts
Which colony?
New Hampshire
Maryland
New Jersey
Connecticut
Which colony?
North Carolina
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Georgia
Which port city is located in Massachusetts?
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
Which port city is located in Pennsylvania?
Boston
Philadelphia
New York City
What was the name of the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Virginia
Jamestown
Werowocomoco
Richmond
Who helped Jamestown survive with rules (don't work, don't eat)?
John Brown
The King
Pocahontas
Captain John Smith
What was the main reason for settlement in North America?
To look for oil
To increase wealth and power
To explore
To tame the Indians
Who helped with contact between the English and the Indians?
John Brown
Pocahontas
The King
The Governor
What were they hoping to find in Jamestown?
More seeds to use
New people to trade with
A variety of wildlife
Silver and Gold
Who financed the Jamestown venture?
Africans
The Virginia Company of London
Women without jobs
The King
The first Englishman to cultivate Tobacco in Jamestown. He married Pocahontas and had one child with her.
John Smith
John Rolfe
In 1607, Who was the King of England, Ireland, and Scotland?
King James
Lebron James
Mary, Queen of Scots
King George
In the summer of 1607, this country sent about 110 men to the "new world" to establish a permanent colony. The colony was named Jamestown.
France
England
Spain
Portugal
In what modern-day state is Jamestown located?
Illinois
New Mexico
Virginia
Massachusetts
What body of water did the Jamestown Colonists cross when traveling from England?
Atlantic Ocean
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Southern Ocean
When the Colonists landed in Jamestown, what Native American tribe was living in the area?
Cahokians
Hohokam
Anasazi
Powhatan
The chief of the Powhatan's had a daughter named...
Mulan
Pocahontas
Cinderella
Moana
What happened at Roanoke that is still a mystery?
The colony moved inland.
All the colonists disappeared.
All the colonists were found dead.
The Spanish took over the colony.
Who established Roanoke Colony?
Sir George Calvert
Sir Humphrey Gilbert
Sir Walter Raleigh
Sir Christopher Columbus
When was Roanoke Colony founded?
1527
1585
1602
1614
Who was the governor of Roanoke Colony?
John Rolfe
Robert Browne
John White
John Winthrop
What was the name of the first English child born in America in Roanoke?
Molly Pitcher
Elizabeth Mather
Anne Hutchinson
Virginia Dare
What kept aid from Great Britain reaching the colony?
The Queen wanted to see if the colony could survive alone.
The colony was not as important as Jamestown.
They were at war with Spain.
Sir Walter Raleigh had died.
What word was found carved in a tree?
HELP
GOD
CROATOAN
ROANOKE
In May, 2012, what was the new discovery involving the Roanoke settlement?
a human body
a weapon
a drawing of a fort
an eating utensil
What was the name of the Native American that helped the Pilgrims?
Sacagawea
Massasoit
Squanto
Wampanoag
What did the people who did not want to belong to the Anglican Church (or Church of England) call themselves?
Unbelievers
Indians
Ministers
Separatists
Mayflower Compact
Signed between the Natives and the Colonists on the shores of Cape Cod
Signed by the settlers of Jamestown to create a formal government in Virginia
created a civil body politic or government by the voyagers on the Mayflower to make sure everyone followed the laws for the general good of the colony
A letter for men and women to sign when coming onto the boat
Name the Early English Colony:
This was England's 1st attempt to colonize in North America and the settlers (ALL MEN) came unprepared with limited supplies.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
This colony was named after King James of England and was the 1st PERMANENT colony the English established in North America.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
The Pilgrims looked to create this colony in North America for RELIGIOUS reasons.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
This colony was established in Massachusetts and things began to unravel when a 9 year old girl became "strangely ill."
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
This colony relied on TOBACCO as their CASH CROP and its settlers spent much of their early days in search of GOLD.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
Half of the settlers of this colony died the first year because their boat was blown off course and they landed too far North. The colonists were NOT prepared for the cold winters as they remained on their ship, the Mayflower, until spring.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
When the original settlers returned to this colony they found that it had VANISHED. The only clue left was a mysterious carving in a tree....CROATOAN!
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
If you want to live in this colony you better be "pure", attend church and quick to rat out others so you don't get labeled a WITCH.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
This colony created the 1st REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT (voting) for the Europeans in America while John Smith laid out some of the ground rules..."Work or Don't Eat!
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
Squanto helped the settlers of this colony survive and strengthened their relationship with the natives by acting as an interpreter and mediator.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
Possible theories of what happened to this "LOST COLONY" include: they were killed by the natives, they move to Croatoan Island or they move inland and befriended the natives.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
The decrease in health, wealth and farm land in this colony lead to the unjust killing of many women who were wrongfully accused of "sinister" (harmful or evil) behavior.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
Pocahontas was forcefully taken from this colony and married to John Rolfe. He then brought her to England and tried to gain more funding for this colony.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
Name the Early English Colony:
The MEN of this colony created a SELF-GOVERNMENT (the MAYFLOWER COMPACT) that they agreed upon to rule their town.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
Salem
KEY CONCPETS/VOCAB:
This term refers to an item that is grown for the purpose of selling it (not consumption). One example of this is TOBACCO at Jamestown.
Self-Government
Cash Crop
Colony
Colonist
Who was Tituba?
The daughter of Reverend Parris
The first person to be hanged for witchcraft in Salem
A slave
Owner of a tavern
How was Giles Corey killed?
He was hanged
He was "pressed"
He was drowned
He was burned at the stake
In total, how many people were hanged for witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials?
None
4
12
19
What did the first three women accused of witchcraft have in common?
They did not conform to the standards of their community.
They were all slaves within the community.
They were all practicing witchcraft
They were all business owners
What reasons are most plausible for the cause of the hysteria?
Ergot Poisoning
Political/Economic Rivalry
Spectral Evidence
Bored Children
The Salem Witch Trials problem began with:
two girls had strange bahviors
Tituba accusing two women of witchcraft
Rev. George Burroughs bewitched his congregation
Ann Putnam accused others of witchcraft
What was the name of the religious group that lived in Salem?
the Puritans
the Pilgrims
What year did the Salem Witch Trials begin?
1492
1501
1513
1613
1692
