“13 Colonies” Study Guide
41- 1pt multiple choice questions, 1- 2pt short answer question
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Review TCI History Alive! The United States Through Industrialism Textbook & Interactive Student
Notebook Chapter 3 “The English Colonies in North America” & Chapter 4 “Life in the Colonies.”
*Use Mr. Berner’s webpage to examine Ohio’s Grade Eight Social Studies Learning Standards “13
Colonies,” review Class Notes & to complete “13 Colonies” Quizlet.
http://www.dublinschools.net/matthewberner.aspx
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Compare & Contrast England’s 3 Colonial Regions w/ emphasis on Geography, Climate,
Economy, Government, Religion & Settlers.
Virginia- Jamestown, “Starving Time,” tobacco, slave labor, House of Burgesses (1st
representative assembly in England’s American colonies)
Massachusetts- Plymouth Colony- Why did the Pilgrims leave England & establish the Plymouth
Colony in Massachusetts? Why did the Pilgrims write and sign the Mayflower Compact?
Starving Time. Why do we celebrate Thanksgiving? (Pilgrims, Squanto)
Massachusetts- Massachusetts Bay Colony- Why did the Puritans leave England & establish the
Massachusetts Bay Colony in Massachusetts? (Great Migration) How was the Puritan experience
in North America different from earlier English colonists? What was the New England Way?
What caused King Philip’s War & what was its outcome? What caused the Salem Witchcraft
Trials & what effect did the trials have on the Puritans?
Rhode Island- Why did Roger Williams leave the Massachusetts Bay Colony & start the Rhode
Island Colony?
Connecticut- What was the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
New York- How did England acquire the New York Colony? How was the New York Colony
governed?
Pennsylvania- Why did William Penn start the Pennsylvania Colony and why was the colony so
successful? Quaker, General Assembly
Maryland- Why did Lord Baltimore start the Maryland Colony? What was the Act Concerning
Religion?
Georgia- Why did James Oglethorpe start the Georgia Colony?
What was life like in the 13 Colonies with emphasis on farms, cities, rights of colonists & crime
& punishment, religion, education, African Americans, colonial families & leisure.
What rights did English citizens receive from the Magna Carta (“Great Charter”), Parliament &
the English Bill of Rights and why did the colonists think they should have the same rights?
What was the Glorious Revolution.
What was the Great Awakening?
Define Mercantilism.
Define Charter.
Define Democracy.
What is the difference between an indentured servant and a slave?
Give examples of how a democratic spirit developed in England’s 13 Colonies.
Give examples of how freedom of religion developed in England’s 13 Colonies.