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Colonization Study Guide:
Test on Monday, Jan. 11 (A Day) or Tuesday, Jan. 12 (B Day)
Directions: Using the word bank below, decide which colony founder matches the
correct colony. (Evaluating)
William Penn
The Virginia Company
James Oglethorpe
George Calvert, Lord Baltimore
Colony Founder
Puritans
Sir Walter Raleigh
Pilgrims
John Rolfe
Colony
Separatists who landed on Plymouth
Rock, Mass
Founded Maryland for Roman Catholics
Founded Georgia for Debtors
The Quaker who founded Pennsylvania
Set up Massachusetts Bay colony to keep
their religion pure
Paid for the founding of Jamestown
Tried twice to establish a colony in North
America and failed
With his wife’s help, developed a new
strain of tobacco to make money in
Jamestown
Distinguish the difference between the three types of colonies. (Analyze)
Royal Colony –
Proprietary Colony –
Self – Governing Colony –
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Fill in the Blank and Short Answer
Directions:
1. The Roanoke Colony is known as the ______________ Colony? Explain why this colony was given this
particular nickname. (Evaluating)
2. Identify and explain the problems of Jamestown. (identify – apply, explain – evaluate)
3. What was the purpose for the Puritans and Pilgrims to come to America? (Remembering)
4. Based on what you know, how would you explain the House of Burgesses? (Evaluating)
5. On November 11, 1620, the Pilgrims signed the _______________________________________. By signing this
document, they agreed to be __________________________________ by the will of the
________________________________________. (Remembering)
6. Explain the Puritan Ethic. Be sure to include all parts. (Understanding)
7. How would you describe interdependence? (Remembering)
8. How would you describe socialization? (Remembering)
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Directions: Using the word bank below, compile the facts and complete the chart of important
people and terms. (Create)
Worked for 7 yrs to
gain passage to
America and then was
free
Pawtuxet Indian who
helped the Pilgrims
“If you don’t work, you
don’t eat.” – Leader of
Jamestown
Slaves
Pocahontas
Artisans
Had very few official
rights, worked in the
home
Quaker
People/Terms
Given the right to set
up and control a colony
in America
Parliament
The name for the
colonial legislator
The Facts
Indentured Servants
Capt. John Smith
Skilled craftsmen like silversmiths
Squanto
Where honest, simple in manner, pacifists
Considered to be property, brought from
Africa to work for nothing
Indian princess who married John Rolfe and
saved John Smith’s life
Women
Proprietor
The government in England
Burgess
Directions: Place an S if the statement describes a Southern Colony, MA if it
describes a Mid-Atlantic Colony, or a NE if it describes a New England Colony.
1. ________ Hilly, rocky land with a rocky coast
2. ________ Rice, indigo, and tobacco were important
3. ________ Coastal lowlands with good harbors and rich farmland
4. ______ Fishing, furs, and shipbuilding were important
5. ______ Had self- sufficient plantations
6. ______ Livestock, grain, and lumber were important (America’s breadbasket)
7. ______ Church is the center of life in the small villages
8. ______ Philadelphia and New York were the two big cities
9. ______ Boston was very important
10. ______The Puritans lived here
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11. ______Indentured servants and slave labor was used
Word Bank:
South Carolina
Maryland
New York
New Hampshire
Virginia
Massachusetts
Delaware
Georgia
Rhode Island
New Jersey
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Connecticut
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