WorksheetsTopic 3 Test
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 14mins
King James granted a (a) to the Virginia Company to form the colony of Jamestown
Puritans and Separatists journeyed to the America because they were (a) for their religious beliefs
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut was the first (a) written in America.
People who settled in New Jersey and New York came from many different (a) groups
Quaker men refused to become soldiers because they were (a)
Jamestown was established by the Virginia Company, a joint-stock company. Which of the following is true about a joint-stock company?
The company claimed complete ownership of all land used by the colonists
Each colonist in Jamestown was a partner in the company
Investors share in the profits or losses of the company
The company, not the colonists, decided how the colony should be governed
Which of the following English colonies were founded in the name of religious freedom?
Virginia
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Rhode Island
What was Thomas Hooker's role in the development of representative government in the English colonies?
He led Virginia's House of Burgesses, the first elected legislature in the English colonies.
He drafted the Mayflower Compact, establishing an orderly government in Massachusetts.
He helped formulate North America's first constitution, the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
He established a colony based on on Quaker ideals of tolerance and equality rather than on requiring colonists to follow a specific religious doctrine.
The founding of Rhode Island was based on the principle of
religious tolerance
Anglicans
Pilgrims
Puritans
Which two cities in the Middle Colonies became prosperous center of trade?
New York and Philadelphia
Albany and New York
Philadelphia and Boston
Boston and Portsmouth
Most people in colonial America worked as
traders
hunters
trappers
farmers
Jamestown was founded in what year?
(a)
How did the growth and success of the Virginia colony impact Bacon's Rebellion?
Virginia's governor raised taxes on tobacco and other cash crops to pay for essential services, angering plantation owners
As lands along the coast became crowded, more and more settlers wanted to move west onto Native American lands
Colonists resented Native Americans taking jobs on plantations that formerly belonged to settlers
Many colonists, including Nathanial Bacon, opposed the Virginia governor's pledge to stay out of native territory
What was the significance of the Magna Carta on colonial governments?
It granted partial independence to royal colonies
It affirmed that individual citizens had personal rights
It encouraged women and minorities to participate in local town meetings
It emphasized the authority of the English monarchs
In colonial America, slave codes
Often made it a crime to teach enslaved persons to read or write
Discouraged slaveholders from separating spouses, parents, or children
guaranteed enslaved persons one day of leisure time each week
allowed slaveholders to kill enslaved persons who tried to escape
Why did commercial farming fail to become a major part of New England's economy?
The region's Native Americans refused to share their knowledge of agriculture
Most settlers in New England were fishers, not farmers
The rocky soil made it difficult for farmers to grow crops
The cool climate resulted in a rather short growing season
The colony of Pennsylvania
was founded on principles of tolerance and equality
had an ethnically diverse population
had a large population of enslaved Africans
depended on the Southern Colonies to supply food
The first enslaved Africans were brought against their will to which English colony?
South Carolina
Virginia
Massachusetts
Georgia
What was the motivation behind Bacon's Rebellion?
Nathaniel Bacon wanted the freedom to practice his own religion
Nathaniel Bacon strongly opposed Virginia's harsh treatment of Native Americans
Nathaniel Bacon demanded the right to vote despite not being a landowner
Nathaniel Bacon wanted greater access to Native American land and resources
How did trade support the economy of the Middle Colonies?
Farmers sent surplus grain and livestock to New York and Philadelphia, where they could be shipped elsewhere.
Traders exchanged tobacco and indigo from Pennsylvania for corn and livestock from the Southern Colonies.
Workers floated lumber downstream to port cities such as Boston, which linked the Middle Colonies with other markets.
Colonists in Virginia and the Carolinas traded cotton to England and received manufactured goods in return.
