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13 Colonies & Enlightenment

Total questions: 40

Worksheet time: 28mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Time period in Europe during the 17th & 18th Centuries when Philosophers began applying the concept of reason to the political environment and challenged absolutism (unlimited government).

a)

Scientific Revolution

b)

Renaissance

c)

Enlightenment

d)

Middle Ages

2.

Philosopher who believed in natural rights and a social contract in order to have government. Believed the job of government was to protect peoples’ natural rights.

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

3.

Locke's natural rights. Everyone is born with these.

a)

Life, liberty, property

b)

Life, liberty, consent of the governed

c)

money, cars, houses

d)

work, religion, freedom

4.

The concept that people have to agree to be governed. If the government fails to protect their rights, people can revolt and abolish the government.

a)

Separation of powers

b)

Freedom of speech

c)

Freedom of religion

d)

Social Contract

5.

Philosopher who believed that government should have separation of powers and checks and balances.

a)

Locke

b)

Montesquieu

c)

Rousseau

d)

Voltaire

6.

Dividing power between different branches. Each branch as a separate job, and no one branch becomes too powerful.

a)

Freedom of Religion

b)

Popular Soverignty

c)

Separation of powers

d)

Capitalism

7.

Enlightened thinkers believed that _____ could lead them to the truth.

a)

feeling

b)

reason

c)

experiments

d)

government

8.

Government or control of a country by its own members rather than by members of a different country.

a)

dictatorship

b)

monarchy

c)

autocracy

d)

self-government

9.

The first document to limit the powers of the king of England. It was signed in 1215.

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Bill of Rights

c)

Magna Carta

d)

Mayflower Compact

10.

The first document to establish self-government in the colonies. It was signed on the Mayflower before the passengers left the ship.

a)

English Bill of Rights

b)

Magna Carta

c)

Common Sense

d)

Mayflower Compact

11.

In England, this document guaranteed the right to bear arms, outlawed cruel and unusual punishment and established freedom from taxation without representation. We borrowed many of these ideas for the Bill of Rights.

a)

Magna Carta

b)

English Bill of Rights

c)

Bill of Rights

d)

Mayflower Compact

12.
Which of the following statements is a correct description of the Mayflower Compact?
a)

The men on board the Mayflower bound themselves into a “civic body politic... for the general good of the colony” 

b)
The Pilgrims practiced an early and pure form of democracy
c)
The Mayflower Compact applied just to the non-Pilgrims on board the Mayflower
d)
None of the above. 
13.

What is the House of Burgesses?

a)

The first legislative assembly of elected representatives in the American colonies.

b)

The first group of elected representatives to leave the colonies.

c)

The first house that was built in Jamestown, Virginia.

14.

What was the purpose of a town meeting?

a)

to hire new colonists for new jobs

b)

to help solve issues (problems) of the colonists

c)

to catch up on all of the town gossip

15.

Which of the following documents extended voting rights to non-church members and served as a blueprint for how to govern the colony?

a)
Mayflower Compact
b)
Magna Carta
c)
Virginia House of Burgesses
d)
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
16.
In 1620, the Mayflower Compact was created to promote ________________ within Plymouth.
a)
a representative assembly
b)
peace and harmony
c)
self-expression
d)
self-government
17.
_______________________ was the first written colonial constitution.
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The Fundamental Orders of Massachsetts
c)
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
d)
The Declaration Of Independence
18.
In the Colonial Era, developments such as the New England town meetings and the establishment of the Virginia House of Burgesses represented
a)
colonial attempts to build a strong national government
b)
efforts by the British to strengthen their control over the colonies
c)
steps in the growth of representative democracy
d)
early social reform movements
19.
The colonies in yellow belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
20.
The colonies in green belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
21.
The colonies in red belong to what region?
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
France
22.
What region relied on shipbuilding? 
a)
New England Colonies
b)
Middle Colonies
c)
Southern Colonies
d)
Georgia
23.
Which region relied heavily on slaves?
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
None of these
24.
Which region was known for it's diversity? (People from many different places, following many different religions.)
a)
New England
b)
Middle
c)
Southern
d)
None of these
25.
Which of the following is not one of the original 13 colonies?
a)
Maryland
b)
Rhode Island
c)
Kentucky
d)
Georgia
26.
Which country is considered to be the "Mother Country" of the 13 original colonies?
a)
England
b)
France
c)
Italy
d)
Germany
27.

Which group of colonies had a combination of a warm climate and rich soil that supported plantations?

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

28.

These colonies had more religious diversity than other colonies:

a)

New England Colonies

b)

Middle Colonies

c)

Southern Colonies

29.

What are cash crops?

a)

Trees that grow money

b)

Crops that are grown to be sold for profit

c)

Plants that are really, really tall

d)

Crops that are grown for the farmer to consume

30.

True or False: Puritans generally settled in the Southern colonies

a)

True

b)

False

31.
What is a colony?
a)
A place that has certain traits in common with other places near it
b)
a place where people can't practice their religion freely
c)
a place that's settled by people inside their home country but does not follow the rules of that home country
d)
a  place that's settled by people outside their home country and belongs to or is ruled by that home country
32.
Why did most people come to the New England colonies?
a)
They wanted the freedom to practice their religion the way they wanted.
b)
They wanted to make money by working in factories.
c)
They were taken from their home countries and forced to work there as slaves.
d)
They were looking for a more diverse place to live.
33.

What colony is number 5

a)

New York

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

New Jersey

d)

Connecticut

34.

What colony is number 4?

a)

New Jersey

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Rhode Island

d)

Connecticut

35.

What colony is number 2?

a)

New York

b)

New Hampshire

c)

New Jersey

d)

Massachusetts

36.

What colony is number 4?

a)

Pennsylvania

b)

South Carolina

c)

Virginia

d)

Georgia

37.

What colony is number 6?

a)

Virginia

b)

Pennsylvania

c)

Delaware

d)

Maryland

38.

What colony is number 2?

a)

Georgia

b)

North Carolina

c)

South Carolina

d)

Delaware

39.

Which colony was known for its Quaker population?

a)

Massachusetts

b)

Virginia

c)

Pennsylvania

d)

Georgia

40.

Which document served as a framework for self-government in the Plymouth Colony?

a)

The Mayflower Compact

b)

The Magna Carta

c)

The Declaration of Independence

d)

The English Bill of Rights

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