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Worksheets13 American Colonies Study Guide
Total questions: 18
Worksheet time: 24mins
1. __________________________ was a colony established in 1587 where all of the colonists mysteriously disappeared.
Roanoke
Jamestown
Plymouth
St. Augustine
2. A __________________________ was a large, wealthy southern farm that was dependent on slave labor and indentured servants.
Plantation
Mill
Factory
Ranch
__________________________ takes place when a stronger country takes political control over a weaker country or territory.
Colonization
Industrialization
Urbanization
Globalization
A major __________________________ of both Maryland and Virginia was tobacco.
Cash Crop
Industry
Mineral
Export
5. European wealth increased with __________________________ - a network between the Americas, Europe, and Africa.
Triangular Trade
Silk Road
Industrial Revolution
Renaissance
Which of the following was NOT a European country that colonized North America?
Great Britain
Russia
France
Spain
What was the name of the first permanent settlement in the Thirteen Colonies?
Jamestown
Massachusetts Bay
Pennsylvania
In which colonial region of the Thirteen Colonies did the Pilgrims settle?
Western
Middle
New England
Southern
Which of the following was NOT a cash crop in the Thirteen Colonies?
tobacco
spinach
cotton
rice
Which colonist helped to make Pennsylvania a popular Quaker settlement?
William Penn
Anne Hutchinson
John Smith
Roger Williams
Led by John Winthrop, Puritans made the Massachusetts Bay Colony one of the largest in New England.
True
False
12. The Columbian Exchange transferred food, livestock, ideas, people, and more across the Atlantic Ocean to and from Europe and their American colonies.
True
False
13. Pilgrims, Puritans, and Hindus were major groups who settled the Thirteen Colonies looking for religious freedom.
True
False
14. Slaves were transported from Africa on a route called the Middle Passage to work on Southern plantations.
True
False
15. The "breadbasket" of the Thirteen Colonies was the New England Colonies.
True
False
Identify one similarity and two differences between the New England colonies and the Southern Colonies.
Both had self-government, but New England focused on shipbuilding and religion, while the Southern Colonies focused on plantations and cash crops.
Both relied on plantations, but New England had more slaves and warmer climate than the Southern Colonies.
Both were founded for religious freedom, but New England had large farms and the Southern Colonies had small towns.
Both had the same climate, but New England grew tobacco and the Southern Colonies focused on fishing.
Put the 13 states in their colony location:
New England
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island
Middle
Delaware, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania
Southern
Virginia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
Label the colonial regions.
New England
Middle
Southern
