Font size
WorksheetsColonial People Review
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Many of these people died from disease or fighting over land with settlers.
African Americans
American Indians
Large Landowners
Farmers
Which of the following was a reason for the conflict between Native Americans and settlers? (CHOOSE 2)
Native Americans taught colonists to hunt and farm
Colonists broke treaties and took their land
Native Americans were enslaved and forced to work on large plantations.
Native Americans were forced to leave their home and move west.
What was one way Native Americans helped colonists?
teaching at their school
teaching colonists how to farm
taking the colonist's land
owning plantations for colonists
Farmers that were self sufficient...
grew enough to feed their families.
grew cash crops to be sold for money.
grew wheat in the mid-Atlantic colonies.
owned slaves and large plantations.
These people could not afford the trip to America and agreed to work for free for a period of time to have someone else pay for their journey.
African Americans
Women
Children
Indentured Servants
People that made specific goods that required special training and skills were known as....
large landowners
slaves
artisans
indentured servants
These people cooked, made clothes, and took care of the children.
Women
Farmers
Artisans
Indentured Servants
Children in the _________ colonies almost always went to school to learn to read the Bible.
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
New England
British
These people were considered to be among the most powerful and richest in the colonies.
Large landowners
Slaves
Artisans
Native Americans
Children in the ________ colonies were expected to learn skills to become an artisan.
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Northwest
In the __________ colonies, most children worked on farms and rarely went to school
New England
mid-Atlantic
Southern
British
This job was most common in the Mid-Atlantic colonies.
Large Landowner
Whaler
Shipbuilder
Artisan
These people were kidnapped and forced to work, mostly in the Southern colonies, against their will and without pay.
Indentured Servants
Slaves
Children
Women
Who was able to vote in colonial times?
Slaves
Free African Americans
Women
Male Landowners
Most large landowners lived in the ____________ colonies.
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Northern
These people relied on slaves and African Americans for labor.
Large Landowners
Free African Americans
Slaves
Farmers
I was not allowed to own land and could not vote. (Choose 2)
Women
Large Landowners
Men
Slaves
Farmers mostly grew food to feed their families, while large landowners grew _________.
Wheat
Food
Cash Crops
Trees
Which of the following tasks would MOST LIKELY have been performed by an artisan?
Creating farming and cooking tools out of iron
Harvesting crops to sell
chopping down trees to use for fire
Fishing for whales
These people were self sufficient, but traded for items they needed.
Artisans
Farmers
Slaves
Large landowners
