Multiple Choice
Identify the choice that best completes the statement or
answers the question.
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(1 point) The Puritans were
better prepared than the Pilgrims because they _____.
a) | had raised a lot more money | b) | learned how to survive in the forests of England | c) | arrived in the winter | d) | brought more supplies and
animals |
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(1 point) What made the
economies of New York and New Jersey strong?
a) | weaving | c) | hunting and
gathering | b) | trade | d) | indigo |
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Read the passage.
James
Oglethorpe had a new idea: Why not send debtors to work in the colonies instead of sending them to
prison? He believed England’s poor “could be willed to seek a livelihood in any of his
majesty’s plantations in America, if they were provided with passage, and means of settling
there.” As a result of his plan, around 50,000 debtors were sent to Georgia. Oglethorpe created
rules he hoped would make the colony more profitable. For example, settlers received free land to use
for ten years, no one person could own too much land, and alcohol and slavery were
banned.
Oglethorpe’s plan did not work. Some colonists found ways of getting a lot of
land, and brought alcohol and slavery into the colony. Oglethorpe had also originally wanted to make
products that were in high demand in England, such as silk. Settlers quickly found that
Georgia’s climate was not good for such products. Instead, corn, tobacco, rice, and indigo,
became important cash crops. | |
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(1 point) James Oglethorpe
thought that most of Georgia’s settlers would become _____.
a) | ship builders | c) | fishermen | b) | farmers | d) | carpenters |
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Read the passage. The following is a fictional diary of a
child living in colonial New England.
Each morning I wake up before dawn. There are
many chores that need to be done. First I go out to the barn, milk the cows and collect eggs for
breakfast. Next it is time to make sure all of the animals have been fed and then help Father collect
wood for the fire. I help Mother churn butter while she makes breakfast.
After breakfast, I
go to school. My parents say that school is very important to the future of the colony. We use
chalkboards to practice our handwriting and record our answers. Paper is hard to find and very
expensive. School sometimes finishes early so all the children can help on the farms. Before I leave
school, I usually find a few minutes to play marbles and tag with some of the other children. Once I
get home, my family and I will work until sunset. We will have a supper of soup and biscuits, and
then go to bed. On Sundays everyone in town goes to church. Then we spend the day playing games and
singing songs. After a long week of work and school, it is great to see everyone having so much fun.
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(1 point) The length of the
school day changed because _____.
a) | children had to work on farms | b) | children played marbles | c) | parents did not want their
children to learn | d) | teachers wanted the day
off |
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(1 point) The goal of slave
revolts was to _____.
a) | slow down work | c) | gain
freedom | b) | return to Africa | d) | work on a
plantation |
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(1 point) The people who
benefited most from the triangular trade were _____.
a) | merchants in the Middle Colonies | c) | planters in the West Indies | b) | merchants in New
England | d) | small farmers in the Southern Colonies |
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Read the passage.
By 1760,
every colony had elected an assembly like the House of Burgesses. Most made laws that were based on
English law such as “innocent until proven guilty.” The colonies formed for different
reasons and were not all governed in the same way. Royal governors, who were appointed by the king of
England, ruled eight of the thirteen colonies. In proprietary colonies, the proprietor named the
governor. Voters in Connecticut and Rhode Island elected the governor.
In colonial towns,
political discussions were noisy and took place in the streets. Many colonists had heated debates
about local issues. In most towns, local governments took care of things like roads and taxes.
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(1 point) Many of the
colonists’ political traditions came from _____.
a) | England | c) | France | b) | Native
Americans | d) | Spain |
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Completion
Complete each statement.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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covenant common
tolerate
fundamental
slavery | |
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(1 point) ____________________
is the practice of owning people and forcing them to work.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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(1 point) Wealthy Dutch men,
also known as _______________________, agreed to bring 50 people to a new colony.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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plantation
indigo debtors | |
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(1 point) Normally one cash crop
is grown on a large farm, or ________________________.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
| slave
trade
apprentice growth
rate Great
Awakening backcountry | |
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(1 point) The area between the
Appalachian Mountains and the Atlantic Coastal Plain is known
as the
____________________
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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(1 point) _______________________ were laws that set rules for
slavery.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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triangular trade Middle
Passage
industry | |
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(1 point) The forests of New
England provided the wood for the shipbuilding ____________________.
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Complete each sentence with the correct word from the
box.
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(1 point) The colonial
____________________ was a lawmaking body guaranteed in the charters of most of the
colonies.
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Short Answer
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(2 points) The Pilgrims wanted
to separate from the Church of England. How were the Puritans different from the
Pilgrims?
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(2 points) Give one example of
how settlers in New York or New Jersey taught each other new skills.
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(2 points) Look at the map. In
what year did Carolina become North Carolina and South Carolina?
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Look at the map.
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(2 points) What generalization
can you make about the importance of rice in the economies of the 13
colonies?
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(2 points) Why were traditional
stories important to enslaved
Africans?
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(2 points) Why did England make
it illegal for the colonists to make certain goods, like hats, nails, and
horseshoes?
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(2 points) What are the three
“natural rights” John Locke believed all people
have?
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Essay
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(4 points) Read the passage
below. Then read the prompt and write a response.
In the
colonies, there were powerful assemblies. Colonists expected these assemblies to represent their
interests instead of England’s interests. The Virginia Charter was supposed to protect the
rights of colonists in Virginia. It stated that colonists in America would have the same freedoms as
people born in England.
When English settlers first came to the New World, they thought of
themselves as British citizens. The problem was they were far from home. Many colonists felt no one
was representing their interests in the British government. Colonists began to feel they had more in
common with each other than with people in England. | |
You are a child born
in Virginia. Your parents were born in England and sailed to Virginia.
Write an essay explaining
how the Virginia Charter encouraged your parents to come to
America. Do you think you have the
same freedoms as people in England?
Your
writing should:
• describe how the
Virginia Charter encouraged people to settle in America.
• use facts and details
to help the reader understand your points.
• use correct grammar,
spelling, punctuation, and capitalization. | |
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