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WorksheetsChapter 4 review
Total questions: 64
Worksheet time: 34mins
The Puritans were Protestants who wanted to
Purify the Church of England
Join the Catholic church
Separate from the Church of England
Bring back church organ music
Quakers believed that
Everyone had a duty to fight in wars
Men and women were equal in God’s sight
Everyone should pay taxes to the Church of England
All should remove their hat in presence of nobles
The inland area at the base of the Appalachians was called
The backcountry
The common
a proprietary colony
the borderlands
English colonists showed their concern for education by
Setting up public schools in the southern colonies
Making young people go to school instead of learning a trade
Passing a law in Massachusetts setting up public schools
Teaching reading and writing to every boy and girl
The Dutch lost New Netherland when
Settlers overthrew the government
Settlers vote to join New England
William Penn was elected governor
The English took the colony without a fight
Which of the following is INCORRECTLY linked with a leader?
Pennsylvania – William Penn
Massachusetts – John Winthrop
Rhode Island – James Oglethorpe
Maryland – Lord Baltimore
Which laws controlled trade between England and its colonies?
Navigation Acts
Act of Toleration
Fundamental Orders
English Bill of Rights
Boys whose parents wanted them to learn a trade
Took classes in public schools
Became apprentices to masters
studied at home with a tutor
went to private schools
Most slaves worked as servants in which section of the colonies?
New England
Middle
Southern
Frontier
The typical southern landowner lived in or on a
Frontier
Plantation
sea port
log cabin
The first college in the colonies was
William & Mary
Princeton
Harvard
Cornell
The main crop in New England was
Tobacco
Rice
corn
indigo
Most people of New England were of what religious group?
Quakers
Puritans
Catholics
Church of England
The major port city in New England was
New York
Philadelphia
Boston
Charleston
What was the best route to the Frontier?
Valleys
Cliffs
rivers
mountains
Indentured servants agreed to work for a term of 4-7 years in exchange for
Nobility
Passage to America
tobacco
gold
What colony was started on land given to a man as repayment for a debt?
South Carolina
Pennsylvania
Maryland
New Jersey
What colony was set up as a refuge for Catholics?
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Virginia
Maryland
New Netherland was settled by the
Dutch
French
Spanish
Swedes
How did member of the lower house in colonial governments get their jobs?
Appointed by king
Appointed by governor
inherited
elected by voters
Which of these people could vote in the colonies around 1750?
Indentured servants
Slaves
women
men who owned property
23. James Oglethorpe wanted to make Georgia a place where ____ could make a new life.
people in debt or those seeking a fresh start
wealthy landowners
political leaders
established merchants
24. To get to the backcountry, settlers used an old Iroquois route known as the ______.
the Great Wagon Road
the Appalachian Path
the Pioneer Road
the Settlers' Way
25. English monarchs gave control of some colonies to _________.
proprietors
the French
the Spanish
the Dutch
Many people unable to pay their own passage often came to the colonies as ________.
indentured servants
landowners
merchants
explorers
27. Boys who worked with a master to learn a trade were called _______________.
apprentices
journeymen
masters
craftsmen
28. Wealthy farmers in the southern colonies grew tobacco or rice on a ___________.
plantation
farmhouse
ranch
estate
29. The ____ was used as grazing land in New England villages.
common
The village square
The town hall
The market place
Willingness to let others practice their own beliefs is known as ___________.
tolerance
intolerance
ignorance
indifference
31. William and Mary signed the __________, which guaranteed the colonists individual freedoms.
English Bill of Rights
Magna Carta
Declaration of Independence
Treaty of Paris
32. Most ______ consisted of the governor’s council and the elected assembly.
colonial governments
colonial economies
colonial societies
colonial cultures
What was the uprising where angry farmers burned Jamestown?
Bacon's Rebellion
Shays' Rebellion
Whiskey Rebellion
Stono Rebellion
Preacher who set off the Great Awakening.
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
John Wesley
Charles Finney
What is the idea that a nation became strong by building up its gold supply and expanding trade?
Mercantilism
Capitalism
Socialism
Feudalism
Which of the following crops was NOT commonly grown in the southern colonies?
Wheat
Tobacco
Rice
Indigo
Which religious group was known for their belief in pacifism and equality?
Quakers
Anglicans
Puritans
Catholics
What was the primary economic activity in the New England colonies?
Fishing and shipbuilding
Rice and indigo farming
Tobacco cultivation
Gold mining
Which group of people primarily settled in the Middle Colonies?
Catholics
Quakers
Puritans
Anglicans
Which colony was founded as a haven for Catholics?
New York
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
Which colony was originally part of New Netherland?
Georgia
Virginia
Massachusetts
New Jersey
Who was the founder of the colony of Pennsylvania?
James Oglethorpe
Roger Williams
William Penn
John Smith
Which of the following was a major cash crop in the southern colonies?
Indigo
Barley
Corn
Wheat
Which geographic feature was commonly used by settlers to travel to the western frontier?
Plains
Forests
Deserts
Rivers
What was a major industry in the Middle Colonies?
Rice cultivation
Shipbuilding
Gold mining
Wheat farming
What the the uppermost class in colonial society?
ministers
tradesmen
legislators
gentry
The Puritans followed what leader?
Myles Standish
Chief Metacom
John WInthrop
Roger WIlliams
The movement of around 15,000 people from England to Massachusetts in the 1630s was called.
Great Awakening
Great Migration
Parade of Patroons
Great English Escape
This region had RICH SOIL and favored SLAVERY.
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
This region's geography had dense FORESTS, ROCKY SOIL, and many HARBORS.
The New England Colonies
The Middle Colonies
The Southern Colonies
A place that belongs to another country is known as...
a colony
a village
a county
a democracy
Someone who agrees to work without pay for someone else for a set time is known as a(n)...
indentured servant
Puritan
investor
representative
Which laws controlled trade between England and its colonies?
Act of Toleration
Navigation Acts
Fundamental Orders
English Bill of Rights
What was the major port city in New England?
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
Baltimore
Which writer was accused of libel for criticizing the governor?
John Peter Zenger
Jonathan Edwards
George Whitefield
Roger Williams
List the two goods moving from the West Indies to New England in the Triangular Trade
(a)
What 5 goods were traded to West Africa from New England?
(a)
What goods traveled from New England to the West Indies as part of the triangular trade?
(a)
What was the religious revival called that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s?
The Enlightenment
The Great Awakening
The Middle Colonies
The New Birth
What did the Great Awakening inspire in terms of religious freedom?
Formation of new types of churches
Return to the strong faith of earlier days
Emphasis on church rituals
Strength of established official churches
Who was invited by Parliament to invade England and take the throne?
Charles I
Oliver Cromwell
William and Mary of Orange
James II
Charles II
