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Social Studies
Multiple choice. Read questions carefully. Each question worth 2 pts.
1. Who was the founder of New York? _____
a. Peter Stuyvesant
b. Roger Williams
c. Duke of York
d. John Winthrop
2. What group was known as hypocrites? _____
a. Puritans
b. Wampanoag
c. Squanto
d. Pilgrims
3. What was the agreement or treaty in Maryland? _____
a. House of Burgesses
b. Mayflower Compact
c. Act of Toleration
d. Magna Charter
4. In what year did the House of Burgesses form? ______
a. 1607
b. 1620
c. 1619
d. 1609
5. Roger Williams was the founder of what state? ______
a. Maryland
b. Pennsylvania
c. Connecticut
d. Rhode Island
6. Who separated religion and government apart? ______
a. George Calvert
b. William Penn
c. Roger Williams
d. King Charles I
7. What religion group was the most despised in England? ______
a. Quaker
b. Protestant Reformation
c. Puritans
d. Pilgrims
8. Who created an elected assembly? _____
a. John Winthrop
b. Lord Baltimore
c. Roger Williams
d. Thomas Hooker
9. In what year did William Penn found Pennsylvania? ______
a. 1701
b. 1704
c. 1681
d. 1664
10. In what year did Peter Stuyvesant arrive to New York? _____
a. 1664
b. 1690
c. 1647
d. 1635
11. Why did Peter Stuyvesant give up New York? _____
a. Because of harsh rule
b. He had a very little army
c. Because of heavy taxes
d. All of the above
12. What first successful English colony formed in 1607? _____
a. Maryland
b. Georgia
c. Virginia
d. Rhode Island
13. What were debtors? _____
a. People who keep count of money
b. A person who owes money
c. A person who can pay money but, still owes money
d. A person who makes money
14. In what year was Georgia founded? ______
a. 1712
b. 1719
c. 1732
d. 1706
15. What was one of the bread basket colonies? ______
a. Virginia
b. Massachusetts
c. New York
d. Rhode Island
16. The governor of Maryland hanged 23 of who’s followers _____
a. Nathaniel Bacon
b. George Calvert
c. Lord Baltimore
d. Quakers
17. In what year did George Calvert persuade King Charles I? _____
a. 1632
b. 1763
c. 1730
d. 1732
18.What was a major thing in Virginia? ______
a. The crop tobacco
b. Slavery
c. Farming
d. Plantations
19.What did the general court state? _____
a. Only women and men could vote
b. Only men could vote
c. Only male church members could vote
d. Only male and female church members could vote
20. Who founded the colony of Georgia? ______
a. Lord Baltimore
b. James Oglethorpe
c. Nathaniel Bacon
d. King Charles II
21. In what year did Connecticut become a separate colony? _____
a. 1639
b. 1662
c. 1636
d. 1635
22. What did the middle colonies raise or farm? _____
a. Rice/indigo
b. Rye/wheat/barley
c. Fish/lumber/iron
d. All of the above
23. What religions did the act of toleration allow and not allow? _____
a. Catholics/Christians but not Jews
b. Christians/Jews but not Catholics
c. Catholics/Jews but not Christians
d. Catholics/Christians/Jews
24. What colony was the last of the 13 colonies? _____
a. Virginia
b. Georgia
c. South Carolina
d. North Carolina
25. What did settlers in South Carolina learn to raise? ______
a. Rice
b. Indigo
c. Cotton
d. Both a and b
26. In what year did the colony of North Carolina become known? ______
a. 1719
b. 1712
c. 1685
d. 1732
27. Who believed that all men, women, and children are equals? _______
a. Quakers
b. Puritans
c. Bacon’s followers
d. All of the above
28. Owners of huge estates are called? ______
a. Debtors
b. Proprietors
c. Protestants
d. Patroons
29. In what year did the Dutch and the English become rivals? ______
a. 1664
b. 1681
c. 1702
d. 1712
30. In what year did William Penn allow to elect their own assembly? _____
a. 1704
b. 1701
c. 1710
d. 1681
31. Who was William Penn’s personal friend? ______
a. King Charles II
b. King Charles I
c. Lord Baltimore
d. Nathaniel Bacon
32. In what year did Quakers put an end to slavery? _____
a. 1688
b. 1733
c. 1713
d. 1720
33. In what year was the first town or village built in Georgia? ______
a. 1721
b. 1781
c. 1733
d. 1700
34. In 1719 what colony became known? ______
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. Georgia
d. Jamestown
35. What colony was named after Queen Henrietta Maria? ______
a. North Carolina
b. South Carolina
c. New York
d. Maryland
36. In 1676 who organized a furious group of rebellions? ______
a. Nathaniel Bacon
b. James Oglethorpe
c. Lord Baltimore
d. Sir George Calvert
37. What was the belief of one race superior to the other? ______
a. Slave Codes
b. Racism
c. Act of Toleration
d. Bacon’s Rebellion
38. What stated that enslaved Africans were property? ______
a. Racism
b. Slave codes
c. Mason-Dixon Line
d. Debtor
39. When did the first enslaved Africans arrive in Virginia? _______
a. 1607
b. 1620
c. 1619
d. 1688
40. In what year did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut begin? ______
a. 1636
b. 1633
c. 1639
d. 1662
41. In 1635 who ordered Roger Williams to leave? ______
a. General Court
b. House of Burgesses
c. Indians
d. All of the above
42. In 1638, who went with his/her family and friends to Rhode Island? ______
a. Roger Williams
b. Anne Hutchinson
c. Metacom
d. William Penn
43. Who was the chief of the Wampanoag tribe? _______
a. Squanto
b. King Phillip
c. Duke of York
d. Powhatan
44. Who was captured and brought to justice? _______
a. Metacom
b. Anne Hutchinson
c. Roger Williams
d. Squanto
45. What were town meetings? _______
a. Settlers discussed ideas and voted on important issues
b. Holy day of rest
c. Church members who elect representatives to an assembly
d. All of the above
46. In what year did New Hampshire become a separate colony? ______
a. 1675
b. 1680
c. 1692
d. 1638
47. Who founded Massachusetts? ______
a. Metacom
b. King Phillip
c. John Winthrop
d. Anne Hutchinson
48. In what year was Hutchinson ordered to come to the General Court? ______
a. 1638
b. 1637
c. 1662
d. 1639
49. Who was an important symbol for the struggle of religious freedom? _____
a. Roger Williams
b. Anne Hutchinson
c. James Oglethorpe
d. John Winthrop
50. A tolerance to let others practice their own beliefs is? ______
a. Religious Tolerance
b. Act of Toleration
c. Sabbath
d. Mayflower Compact