Name:__________________________________________________________
Chapter 4 Quiz
Answer all questions on this quiz and fill in the Scantron with a pencil.
I.
Matching
_____1. James Oglethorpe
_____2. Anne Hutchinson
_____3. Peter Stuyvesant
_____4. Thomas Hooker
_____5. John Winthrop
II.
a. founded the colony of Connecticut
b. surrendered New Netherlands to England
c. became governor of the Massachusetts
Bay Colony
d. Ordered to leave Massachusetts colony
e. founded the colony of Georgia
Matching:
_____6. Nathanial Bacon
_____7. Quakers
_____8. Roger Williams
_____9. Lord Baltimore
_____10. Puritans
A. get rid of Catholic practices in the Church of
England.
B. Led a rebellion in Virginia.
C. bought land from the Indians and started the
colony of Rhode Island
D. Protestant reformers who believed that men and
women were equal in God’s sight.
E. Founder of Maryland.
11. During the “Great Migration,” settlers emigrated from England to
a. Pennsylvania
b. Rhode Island
c. Connecticut
d. Massachusetts Bay
12. The need for agricultural workers in the early southern colonies led to the
a. use of enslaved persons from Africa
b. formation of labor unions
c. decision to industrialize
d. improvement in farming
13. The colony settled by Quakers and William Penn that allowed freedom of worship to anyone
who believed in God was
a. Pennsylvania
b. Rhode Island
c. Maryland
d. Delaware
14. “Finally after two days of questioning, she made a mistake. She said that God had spoken
directly to her. The Court was shocked.” This account of a trial refers to
a. Mary Musgrove
c. Anne Hutchinson
b. Margaret Brent
d. Queen Mary
15. The Middle Colonies included
a. Massachusetts, Connecticut and Rhode Island.
b. Georgia, North Carolina and Virginia.
c. New York, New Jersey, and Delaware.
d. All of the above.
16. Which of the following colonies is INCORRECTLY linked with a group of settlers?
a. Georgia-debtors
c. Massachusetts Bay- Puritans
b. Maryland- Catholics
d. Virginia – patroons
17. The people who settled in the Middle Colonies represented
a. many countries and cultures
b. debtors from England
c. Pilgrims and Puritans
d. Africans escaping slavery
18. What feature made the southern colonies unique?
a. shipbuilding centers
b. large plantations
c. cold harsh winters
d. Quaker communities
19. Which of the following regions had an abundance of fishing, lumber, and whaling?
a. New England Colonies
b. Middle Colonies
c. Southern Colonies
20. Which generalization best sums up the founding of the English colonies?
a. The English colonies were founded by Puritans, Quakers, and Catholics who wanted
a place to worship in peace.
b. The English colonies were founded to provide a new start to poor people through
Europe.
c. The English colonies were founded by business people who planned to make money
by selling land to settlers.
d. The English colonies were founded by people with different goals ranging from
making money to following their faith.
21. Massachusetts _____________________
24. New York _________________
22. Georgia _____________________
25. Pennsylvania _______________
23. Virginia _____________________