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- 1. Multiple Choice
Why did European settlers form colonies around the east coast of North America?It was the easiest place to reach when Europeans sailed across the Atlantic.Land on the east coast was much better for farming than on the west coast.The Europeans liked the Native Americans who lived along the east coastThere was no empty land for the Europeans to settle around the west coast. - 2. Multiple ChoiceWhy did the Pilgrims come to a new land and form a settlement?They wanted to be ruled by a king in Great BritainThey wanted freedom to practice their own religionThey wanted to start plantations and earn moneyThey wanted to learn from the Native Americans
- 3. Multiple ChoiceWhy was the US Constitution written?Rules and laws were needed for the new countryA king was needed to rule the new governmentAn agreement with the native people was neededA peace treaty with Great Britain was needed
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat were the colonies of Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire referred to as?13 ColoniesNew England ColoniesMiddle ColoniesSouthern Colonies
- 5. Multiple ChoiceWhich colony was founded first in New England?Rhode IslandConnecticutMassachusettsNew Hampshire
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWho was a puritan that was kicked out and founded their own colony?Anne HutchinsonRoger WilliamsBen RoethlisbergerJohn Rolfe
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWho was in trouble and fled to R.I. because they questioned the wisdom of the Puritan Ministers?Anne HutchinsonRoger WilliamsJohn SmithPocohontas
- 8. Multiple ChoiceWhich settlement was the first permanent English settlement?Plymouth, MassachusettsRoanoke IslandJamestown, VaFort Augustine, Fl
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