Chapter 4 – Study Cards
Pontiac was
a. an Indian chief
b. an Indian fort
c. a French general
d. a French fort
In the late 1700’s people traveled west
and carried goods to market in
a. railroad cars
b. Conestoga wagons
c. Ships
d. Stagecoaches
William Penn and the Indians
a. were friendly
b. signed peace treaties
c. signed land treaties
d. all of the above
When William Penn died,
Pennsylvania was governed by
a. John Penn
b. Peter Stuyvesant
c. Johan Printz
d. Hannah Penn
The Great Law said that all people in
Pennsylvania
a. must belong to the Church of
England
b. must become Quakers
c. must not leave the colony
d. could worship in their own way
Pennsylvania means
a. Penn’s Kingdom
b. Penn’s Church
c. Penn’s Woods
d. Penn’s Law
A set of laws by which a place is
governed is a
a. council
b. constitution
c. capital
d. settlement
A person who looks for new things and
new places is
a. explorer
b. governor
c. settler
d. captain
A gristmill was used to make
a. iron
b. flour
c. bricks
d. wagon wheels
Dutch sailors first came to what is now
Pennsylvania in
a.
1492
b.
1509
c.
early 1600’s
d.
early 1700’s
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To help the colony grow, Penn
a. rented land cheaply
b. sold land cheaply
c. paid people to move
d. established a bank
The Dutch governor who took over
New Sweden was
a. Christopher Columbus
b. Cornelius Hendricksen
c. John Printz
d. Peter Stuyvesant
The English took over the Dutch and
Swedish settlements in
a. 1616
b. 1664
c. 1492
d. early 1600’s
People who move to a new land to live
are called
a. sailors
b. governors
c. settlers
d. Europeans
The first people in William Penn’s
colony were
a. Quakers
b. Amish
c. Mennonites
d. Jews
Many groups of people came from
Europe to Pennsylvania because they
wanted
a. religious freedom
b. to find gold
c. a warmer climate
d. to hunt wild animals
First settlers to build log cabins and
raise cattle in the New World were
a. Dutch
b. English
c. Spanish
d. Swedes
The Society of Friends is a
a. kingdom
b. religious group
c. colonial council
d. Dutch settlement
A Virginian who fought for the British
during the French and Indian War was
a. Edward Braddock
b. George Washington
c. John Armstrong
d. John Forbes
Great Britain and France signed a
peace treaty to end the French and
Indian War in
a. 1663
b. 1750
c. 1763
d. 1776
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Why did William Penn ask for land in
America?
What religious groups from Europe
came to Pennsylvania?
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What was the Great Law?
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List two inventions or new industries
that made pioneer life easier in
Pennsylvania?
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Which lands were the French and the
British fighting over during the French
and Indian War?
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