Worksheets13 Colonies Test
Total questions: 31
Worksheet time: 16mins
Name
Class
Date
1.
1 - In what year was the Jamestown colony founded?
a)
1607
b)
1320
c)
1585
d)
1619
2.
2 - What group of people settled in Jamestown?
a)
The Prurtians
b)
The Pilgrims
c)
The English Colonists
d)
The Dutch West Indian Company
3.
3 - What cash crop did the Jamestown colony trade to become profitable?
a)
Corn
b)
Tobacco
c)
Wheat
d)
Cotton
4.
4 - What was the main reason settlers came to Jamestown?
a)
To escape religious persecution
b)
To find gold and riches
c)
To trade furs with Native Americans
d)
To establish a Puritan society
5.
5 - What group founded the Plymouth colony?
a)
Puritans
b)
Quakers
c)
Pilgrims
d)
Catholics
6.
6 - In what year was Plymouth founded?
a)
1607
b)
1619
c)
1620
d)
1630
7.
7 - The Pilgrims came to America primarily to:
a)
Find gold
b)
Trade with Native Americans
c)
Start a new government
d)
Escape religious persecution
8.
8 - What document was signed by the Pilgrims to establish a government in Plymouth?
a)
The Mayflower Compact
b)
The Declaration of Independence
c)
The Fundamental Orders
d)
The Bill of Rights
9.
9 - What was the main reason the Pilgrims had difficulties during their first winter in Plymouth?
a)
Disease
b)
Lack of food
c)
Cold weather
d)
All of the above
10.
10 - Which of the following was NOT one of the original 13 colonies?
a)
New York
b)
Virginia
c)
Florida
d)
Georgia
11.
11 - Which of the original colonies was the first to be established?
a)
New York
b)
Virginia
c)
Massachusetts
d)
Maryland
12.
12 - What is a settler in or inhabitant of a colony?
a)
Colonist
b)
Pilgrim
c)
Drought
d)
Epidemic
13.
13 - Which colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers?
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Maryland
c)
New Jersey
d)
Delaware
14.
14 - The original 13 colonies were located along which coast of North America?
a)
West Coast
b)
Gulf Coast
c)
East Coast
d)
Northern Coast
15.
15 - Which of the following was one of the New England Colonies?
a)
Virginia
b)
Massachusetts
c)
New Jersey
d)
Delaware
16.
16 - Which of the following was one of the Middle Colonies?
a)
Maryland
b)
North Carolina
c)
Rhode Island
d)
Delaware
17.
17 - Which of the following was one of the Southern Colonies?
a)
New Hampshire
b)
Georgia
c)
New York
d)
Connecticut
18.
18 - The 13 colonies were primarily settled by people from which country?
a)
France
b)
Spain
c)
England
d)
Netherlands
19.
19- Why did Sir George Calvert want to start a colony in Maryland?
a)
To create a safe place for Catholics
b)
To find gold and silver in North America
c)
To expand Spain’s empire
d)
To start a trading company for England
20.
20- Why was Georgia founded?
a)
To serve as a trading center for New England
b)
To provide a buffer against Spanish Florida and give debtors a new start
c)
To grow indigo for export to England
d)
To offer a new home for enslaved Africans
21.
21- Why was the Tidewater region’s economy dependent on slavery?
a)
It had no contact with England for trade
b)
It lacked natural resources
c)
It was too cold for crops to grow without enslaved labor
d)
It focused on large farms called plantations
22.
22- What was the Middle Passage?
a)
The journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic Ocean
b)
A trade route between England and the colonies
c)
A path used by settlers to move westward
d)
A law that banned slavery in the colonies
23.
23- Which group spoke out early against slavery in the colonies?
a)
The Puritans
b)
The plantation owners
c)
The Quakers
d)
The English Parliament
24.
24- About half of the colonists at Plymouth died the first winter from:
a)
Fighting with Native Americans
b)
Shipwreck
c)
Hunger or disease
d)
Cold weather only
25.
25- The Dutch built a thriving port at ________.
a)
Jamestown
b)
Philadelphia
c)
Boston
d)
New Amsterdam
26.
26- In 1702, New Jersey was no longer a proprietary colony and became a ________ colony.
a)
private
b)
charter
c)
free
d)
royal
27.
27- William Penn founded the colony of ________.
a)
Pennsylvania
b)
Delaware
c)
Maryland
d)
New York
28.
28- In 1704, land along the Delaware River became the separate colony of ________.
a)
Delaware
b)
Maryland
c)
New Jersey
d)
Virginia
29.
29- The soil and growing season in the Middle Colonies were ________ than in New England.
a)
shorter and rockier
b)
warmer and longer
c)
colder and wetter
d)
less fertile
30.
30- Farmers grew ________ crops, or crops that were sold for money.
a)
wild
b)
common
c)
surplus
d)
cash
31.
31- Families in the Middle Colonies were often self-sufficient, meaning everything they needed they made themselves.
a)
True
b)
False
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