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People rnerr from several parts of the world migrated to North America for different fli_"T 3. development of each new corony was affected by the senlers and
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The Southern Colonies
A.
Virginia
1. Date founded:
3. Named after:
4. Chief settlement:
5. Exports/Crops:
6. Reason colony was founded:
2. Founder:
B. Maryland
1.
Date founded:
3. Named after:
4. Chief settlement:
5. Exports/Crops:
6. Reason colony was founded:
C.
Carolina
1.. Date founded:
3. Chief settlement:
4. Exports/Crops:
5. Reason colony was founded:
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Georgia
1. Date founded:
3. Named after:
4.
Chief settlement;
5. Reason colony was founded:
2. Founder:
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New World. Their differences new colonies in which they in could practice their beliefs'
DIRECTIONS: Read the statements statement relates below' On to the Plymouth Colony' Write each
M if blank' it write relates to
P the if the
Massachusetts BaY ColonY'
1.
iohn WintfuoP was the first governor' n started bY Puritans
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4.
5.
sailed on the MaYflower
The first commonwealth in America was located here'
Squanto taught the settlers about their environment'
6.
William Bradford was the first govemor' n
8.
held the. first Thankstrving
Shareholders or
,,freemen,, held all the Power in the colony.
signed the
Mayflower Compact agreeing to live by the iaws of the
9.
conunumty
10. rejected people
other religious beliefs
l2.AdeepsenseofreligiousPurPoseanddeterminationhelpedsettlers
suwive earlY hardshiPs'
13. secured a grant of land in
Virginia from the London Company
1,4.
The General Court was the lawmaking body'
15.
organized their churches under ministers elected by members of the
15.
17.
L8.
19.
20.
congregation
The colonY never became very large'
The director's meeting of this trading comPany ended uP as a colonial legislature
the Power to make law' and others
They drove out Baptists, Quakers' who disagreed
them on religious issues.
The charter of this comPany n""aq""t,.rs or
did not specify the iocation ?f shu'eholdeis' meetings would be
company,s held'
This colony eventually joined a larger colony'
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Key Goncept
The Middle brought new
Colonies. ideas, were inhabitea uy settlers from many countries. customs, and religions to the colonies. the roots of a varied American
Ti
"re ideas
These people helped to form
DIRECTIoNS:
Read each name or phrase below. to which it is appropriate.
write each one under the Middle Colony
Peter Stuyvesant
Charter of Privileges sold to Quaker groups patrons discouraged immigration the most successful colonv first governed by pennsylvania first governed by New york
William
Penn good harbor for trade
"city of. brotherly love', first settled by the Dutch settled by the Dutch and the
Swedes paid Native Americans for their land proprietors offered religious freedom and land grants
1.
New York
3.
Pennsylvania
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terms for each of
following definitions.
confederacy,
colony,
company,
servant,
theocracy, empire.
3.
8.
a
owned by an
a a large poiitical unit consisting of a
and colonies
in life o a political system
based on religious beliefs a
economic system
governed
colonies a a
tribes
together a colonists who were
poor
for their
passage
colonies a business made
of a group of
individuals
Name
colonies
speciaiized in each
these industries.
ship
production tobacco growing
manufacturing timber cutting fur trading
Colonial Roots

Choose one of
names to fill in
appropriate blank.
William Penn, John
Quakers,
Benjamin Franklin, Pocohantas, Lord Baltimore,
James
Oglethorpe, John Winthrop, Samuel Sewall'
1.
In 1632
I
of
as a home
2.
English Catholics.
of Pennsyivania was established by
as a safe place for members of
Society of Friends, who
also
as
3.
I established
colony of Georgia as a place
English men and
themselves.
I took, charge
Jamestown, in
colony
its second year of settlement.
I demanded that eve.ry coionist had to work to make
colony prosper.
saved my life,
she Put
5.
herself between me and some avenging Amerindians;
I symbolized
of
colonies, of the
people could
themselves
work and abiiity.
my
are still
of
culture.
I challenged
authority
leaders
6.
7.
Massachusetts and was banished from
for
As
first governor of Massachusetts,
I believed in all the
8.
a political system called a theocracy.
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a
was
first anti-slavery
cation in
colonies.
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From the list below choose the term that theJollowing descriptions. best matches each
the retter of each of term chosen in the blank provided.
Nathanial Bacon
B. proprietors
C. Maryland
D. Elizabeth I
1".
2.
Virginia settler who organized revolt against government people who had authority over colonial governments
3.
person for whom Virginia was named
4.
colony that was a refuge for Catholics
5.
settler who led the colony through trying times some of its most
E.
John
Smith
F. Georgia
Key Goncepts write the letter of the phrase that best completes each in the blank provided.
statement
6. Early problems resulted in Jamestown because company did not supply enough the London a. carpenters and farmers.
c. servants.
b. goldsmiths.
d. fish hooks.
7.
first, most of the labor on southern plantations was supplied by a. enslaved people.
b. proprietors.
c. indenfured servants.
8. The so-called Lost Colony was established at d. plantation owners.
a. Jamestown.
c. Savannah.
b. Roanoke.
d. Charleston.
9. King
James dissolved the London Company and control of the Virginia colony in
1624 because took a. it was making huge profits.
b. the Spanish threatened it.
c. colonists threatened revolution against the king.
d. mismanagement was resulting
of many-lives.
L0. By the 1750s the governments of virginia,
Georgia were controlled by the Carolinas, and a. elected representatives.
b. proprietors.
c. the king.
d. plantation owners.
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Key Facts
From the list below choose the term that best matches each of the
descriptions. Write the letter of each term chosen in the blank provided.
A. Mayflower Compact
B. William Bradford
C. Exeter Compact
D. Roger Williams
1". founder of Rhode Island
2.
plan of government
3.
self-governing political
4.
agreement drawn up by Pilgrims
5.
plan that set up civil government in New Hampshire
E. commonwealth
F. constitution
Key Concepts
Write the letter of the phrase that best completes each statement in the blank provided.
6. The Puritans and Pilgrims came to America persecufion by the to escape a. Dutch.
c. Anglican Church.
b. Catholic Church.
d. London Company,
7. Rhode Island and New Hampshire were established to escape religious persecution by the a.
Puritans. c. Quakers. b. Baptists.
d. Catholics.
8. Which of the following was not a major factor in the survival of the Plymouth colony?
a. the Native American, Squanto b. religious convictions of the Pilgrims c. additional provisions and settlers from England d. good location for farming
9. The first written constitution in America was adopted in a. Massachusetts.
c. Rhode Island.
b. Connecticut.
d. New Hampshire.
10.
In Massachusetts, what began as a directors' meeting of a trading company ended up as a a. colonial legislature.
b. revolt against the company.
c. powerful group of families who controlled the colony.
d. meeting of a fishing company.
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Key Facts
From the the list below choose the term that best matches each of following descriptions. Write the letter of each term chosen in the blank provided.
A. William Penn
B. patroons
C. Pennsylvania
Duke of York
1.. captured and changed the name of New Netherland
2. established his colony as a haven for
Quakers
3. colony
elective government based on equality
4. landowners along Hudson River
5. Society of Friends
E. Quakers
F. New
Jersey
Key Goncepts
Write the letter of the phrase that best completes each statement in the blank provided.
6.
The English viewed New Netherland as a threat because o{ a. its location between New England and Virginia.
b. the number of French settlers there.
c. its ideas about democracy.
d. its powerful governo4 Peter Stuyvesant.
7. Which of the following colonies had the most varied population?
a. New
Jersey c. New York b. Virginia d. Massachusetts
8. A fundamental belief of Quakers was that a. a paid clergy was not needed.
c. women could be priests.
b. theirs was the only true religion.
d. the Pope was head of the church.
9. After 1702 the governor of New york also controlled a. New
Jersey.
c. Pennsylvania.
b. Delaware.
d. all of the above
10. The Middle Colonies were established primarily by a. proprietors.
c. Puritans.
b. patroons.
d. Pilgrims.
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Key Facts
From the
below choose the term that best matches each of the following descriptions. Write the letter of each term chosen
the blank provided.
A. Iroquois Confederacy
B. Tohn Locke
C. Puritans
D. John Peter Zenger
,
1..
brought the
enslaved African people to America
New Hampshire free African American who bought other
African Americans out of slavery
3.
English philosopher, author of
Treatises on Gooernment
4.
governing body that protected its members from destruction
5.
New York newspaper editor acquitted of libel charge
E. Amos Fortune
F. Dutch
Key Goncepts
Write the letter of the phrase that best completes each statement in the blank provided.
6. The colonial upper class in New Engiand was composed of a. merchants.
c. clergy.
b. shipowners.
d. all of the above n
The legal distinctions that separated enslaved people from indentured servants a. were a part of English law beginning
1500.
b. were adopted from Portugal.
c. were developed by the Catholic Church.
d. were gradually adopted
the English colonies.
8.
Besides raising children, colonial women sometimes participated
a. farming.
c. running shops.
b. directing plahtation workers.
d. all of the above
9. The concept of universal schooling originated in a. Massachusetts.
c. the Southern Colonies.
The colonies depended on England for b. the Middle Colonies.
d. Virginia.
a. ships.
c. currency.
b. food.
d. manufactured goods.
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