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Colonial America Study Guide
What were the two main reasons colonies were established in the new world?
1. ________economic_______________________________________________
2. ________religious________________________________________________
The First 6 English settlements
List 3 Economic Settlements
List 3 Religious Settlements
3. ___Roanoke Island________________
6. ____Plymouth____________________
4. ___Jamestown____________________
7. _Massachusetts Bay Colony_______
5. ___Georgia_______________________
8. __Pennsylvania__________________
9. _____Quakers______________________________ was the religious group that settled in
Pennsylvania.
10. Roanoke Island was known as the _________”Lost Colony”_____________________.
11. Georgia was settled by people that were in ____debtor’s____________ prisons in England.
12. Separatists from the Church of England established ___Plymouth________________ colony.
13. __Jamestown_____________________ was the first permanent English settlement in North
America.
14. The Massachusetts Bay Colony was settled by _______Puritans_________________.
New England – Mid-Atlantic – Southern
Answer the following set of questions using either New England, Mid-Atlantic, or Southern
colonies.
15. The ____Southern_____________________ colonies depended on slavery for labor.
16. The ____Mid-Atlantic__________________ colonies specialized in livestock and grain.
17. The ____New England_________________ colonies’ economy was built around fishing and
shipbuilding.
18. The _____Mid-Atlantic_________________ colonies had diverse religions and people.
19. The _____Southern____________________ colonies specialized in cash crops.
20. The __New England_________________ colonies held town meetings.
21. The __Southern____________________ colonies had few schools and cities.
22. The ___New England________________ colonies had rocky soil and a short growing
season.
23. The ___Mid-Atlantic_________________ colonies had a moderate climate throughout the
year.
Social Groups in Colonial America
24. ____Slaves________________________ were Africans shipped to the colonies and forced to
work on the plantations. They were considered property for life and had no rights.
25. ____Women_______________________ worked as caretakers, houseworkers, and
homemakers. They could not vote and had few chances for an education.
26. ____Farmers______________________ worked the land according to the region and relied
on family members for labor.
27. ____Artisans_____________________ worked as craftsmen in towns and on plantations.
They lived in small villages and cities.
28. ____Large Landowners____________ lived mainly in the south and relied on indentured
servants and slaves for labor.
29. ____Indentured Servants__________ were people who could not pay for their passage to
the colonies so they agreed to work without pay for the person who paid their passage. They
were free at the end of their contract.
30. _____Free Blacks_________________ were able to own land. They had more economic
freedom and could work for pay and decide how to spend their money. They were not
allowed to vote.
31. Colonial trade was strictly controlled by ____England______________________. (country)
32. England taxed the colonies after the ____French and Indian_____________________ War.
33. Colonies traded ____raw materials____________________________________ to England.
34. Colonies bought ____manufactured___________________________ goods from England.
35. English laws were enforced by _colonial governors_____________ in the colonies.
36. Colonial governors could be appointed by the ___king__________________________ or
_____proprietor________________.
37. _Colonial legislatures____________________ made laws for each colony.
Label the map of the 13 colonies.
38. ___New Hampshire_______________
39. ___Massachusetts________________
40. ___Rhode Island_________________
41. ___Connecticut__________________
42. ___New York____________________
43. ___New Jersey___________________
44. ___Pennsylvania_________________
45. ___Delaware____________________
46. ___Maryland_____________________
47. ___Virginia______________________
48. ___North Carolina________________
49. ___South Carolina________________
50. ___Georgia______________________
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