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- 1. Multiple ChoiceThis is a person who worked for someone to pay off their debt from traveling to the New World.SlaveQuakerIndentured ServantPilgrim
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Where would a scene such as this be found in the early English colonies?The New England ColoniesThe Southern ColoniesThe Northern ColoniesThe Middle Colonies - 3. Multiple ChoiceHow did Martin Luther affect colonization in the Americas?He started the Protestant Reformation. This led to Christian groups leaving for the Americas looking for religious freedom.He helped build the caravel. The ship could sail into the wind and enabled ships to sail anywhere.Luther built many churches in the Americas to teach Native Americans about Christianity.He spoke up against creating new colonies and fought for the Native Americans to keep their land.
- 4. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a representative government?People elect their leaders to make laws and vote on decisionsA king inherits his title and rules over the country themselvesA council of few elite individuals made decisions for their people without asking themReligious leaders would make decisions for their community based on what the Bible told them to do
- 5. Multiple ChoiceThis colony was set up as a place for debtors to get a second chance at life.GeorgiaVirginiaSouth CarolinaAll of these choices
- 6. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these words deals with the way people make money?EconomyGeographySovereigntyCharter
- 7. Multiple ChoiceWhy did William Penn set up the colony that became known as Pennsylvania?He wanted to give debtors a second chance at life.He wanted to escape persecution from the Quakers back in England.He wanted to create a 'holy experiment' where the Quakers could freely practice their religion.He wanted to create a colony that could be successful off of the tobacco and slave trade.
- 8. Multiple ChoiceThis image would be example of people involved with what historical situation?The encomienda systemThe Middle PassageThe Colombian ExchangeIndentured servitude
- 9. Multiple ChoiceWhat is the historical context around the trial of Peter Zenger?He was a journalist that was arrested for publishing an article about political corruption (libel). Him being let go established freedom of the press.He was arrested for teaching blasphemy in the colony of Massachusetts and sent to Rhode IslandZenger arrested people for practicing witchcraft in SalemHe was placed on trial for illegally freeing slaves from their masters in the south. This created property rights in the colonies.
- 10. Multiple ChoiceWhere is the colony of Plymouth located?VirginiaMassachusettsRhode IslandSouth Carolina
- 11. Multiple ChoiceWhich of the following regions of colonies had the most diverse population?SouthernNorthernNew EnglandMiddle
- 12. Multiple ChoiceWhich of these wasn't a way that the New England Colonies made a living in 1600's?Farming tobaccoBuilding shipsTrading goods across the AtlanticFishing
- 13. Multiple ChoiceWhich colony was founded to promote religious freedom for many different groups?MarylandRhode IslandPennsylvaniaAll of these choices
- 14. Multiple ChoiceWhat was the main cash crop in the Southern colonies that helped to save Jamestown?TobaccoIndigoWheatCorn
- 15. Multiple ChoiceWhy did Roger Williams create the colony of Rhode Island?He thought the Puritan church had become too powerful in MassachusettsHe wanted to create a colony where everyone was equalThere was little land available in the already existing coloniesThe warm climate was ideal for growing rice to sell.
- 16. Multiple ChoiceQuakers are to Pennsylvania as Roman Catholics are to ___________.Rhode IslandPennsylvaniaMarylandMassachusetts
- 17. Multiple ChoiceHow did geography impact the economy of the Middle Colonies?Mostly swampy land that became a center for fishing and growing rice.Moderate climate with fertile soil that allowed most people to make a living farming grain and having some industry as well.Harsh winters with rocky soil that pushed many colonists to rely on manufacturing to help them survive.Long summers with a very short growing season that encourage shipbuilding as the main business.
- 18. Multiple ChoiceWhat is a statement we can make based on this map?Farming rice and tobacco where important to the Southern ColoniesThe slave trade increased in the Southern ColoniesGeorgia had a hard time claiming land from the Native AmericansRice grew deep inland up high in the mountains
- 19. Multiple ChoiceMost Southern farmers owned slaves.TrueFalse
- 20. Multiple ChoiceA "cash crop" isa crop that is expensive to growa crop that can be sold for a profita plant that only rich people can affordAll of these choices
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