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100

Massachusetts was founded to protect:

Baptists

catholics

puritans

quakers

puritans

100

What industry was important to the Middle Colonies, including Pennsylvania and New York, because they were rich in iron, copper, and coal? 

  • mining
  • lumber industry
  • fishing and whaling
  • corn and wheat farming

Mining

100

which of these was a disadvantage of Maryland?

  • Crops did not grow well.
  • Forest trees were scarce.
  • Mosquitoes spread disease.
  • People did not stay long.

Mosquitos spread disease

100

True or false: The economies of the three parts of the colonies (New England, Middle, and Southern) were all based on the same industries. 

true

false

false

100

Large plantations of rice, indigo, and cotton flourished in the hot, humid, swampy colonies in the 

  • New England Colonies
  • The Spanish Colonies
  • the Middle Colonies
  • The Southern Colonies

The Southern Colonies

200

why was rhode island founded?

to be a trade center

to offer religious freedom

to have large tobacco farms

to home many poor people

to offer religious freedom

200

The Middle Colonies included which of the following colonies? 

- Pennsylvania

- Rhode Island

- Maine

- New York

- Virginia

Pennsylvania & New York
200

Why was Georgia founded?

  • to help poor debtors avoid jail
  • to trade with Spanish colonies
  • to raise taxes from new colonists
  • to shelter people who had been enslaved


  • to help poor debtors avoid jail
200

Which part of the 13 colonies had geography and climate with rocky soil, access to rivers and bays, and cold, harsh winters 

  • The Canadian Colonies
  • The Middle Colonies
  • The New England Colonies
  • The Southern Colonies


The New England colonies

300

why were the quakers mistreated in england?

  • They refused to obey laws.
  • They often received special favors from the king.
  • They taught that people should overthrow kings by force.
  • They practiced a different religion from most English people.

they practiced a different religion from most people

300

The Middle Colonies economy was built on, (choose two)

  • tobacco and fruits
  • shipbuilding and fishing
  • slaves and trade
  • livestock and crops

tobacco & fruit, Livestock & crops

300

Slavery existed mostly in the Southern Colonies for all the following reasons EXCEPT... 

  • there were large plantations that needed a lot of labor.
  • there were small family farms.
  • laws were passed to keep it legal.

there were small family farms

300

The last colony founded by Great Britain was, 

  • Georgia
  • New Jersey
  • Maryland
  • Virginia

Georgia

300

The ______ Colonies had some of the most diversity in both religion, resources from the land, and population from several countries in addition to being from England. 

  • English
  • Southern
  • New England
  • Middle

Middle

400

The climate and geography of New England meant that the economy was based on: 

  • iron mining and farming
  • whaling, fishing, and timber
  • indigo, cotton, and rice
  • large farms and fishing
  • whaling, fishing, and timber
400

The Southern Colonies included which of the following colonies? Select all that apply. 

Georgia

Florida

Virginia

South Carolina

New York


Georgia, Virginia, South Carolina

400

The British government wanted to keep Spanish troops from moving north of what state? 

  • New York
  • Georgia
  • Florida
  • Alabama

Florida

500

Who was the leader of the Massachusetts Bay colony who was elected governor 12 times? 

  • John Eliot
  • William Bradford
  • John Winthrop
  • Roger Williams
John Winthrop
500

The Southern Colony economy was built on, 

  • cash crops
  • fishing
  • horses
  • lumbering
cash crops