Name:___________________________
Chapter Three Test
The English Colonies
Miss Strantz 8th Grade
Matching: Write the letter that best corresponds to each term. (10 points)
_____1. Jamestown
A. a Patuxet who helped the pilgrims
_____2. Anne Hutchinson
B. a religious movement that swept through the
colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
_____3. William Penn
_____4. Plymouth
C. the first pilgrim settlement
_____5. Squanto
D. a puritan women who publicly discussed
religious ideas
_____6. Great Awakening
E. laws to control slaves
_____7. Headright System
F. Allowed colonists to receive 50 acres of
land if they could pay their way to the new world
_____8. Slave Codes
_____9. Pocahontas
_____10. Treaty of Paris
G. the first permanent English settlement in North
America
H. daughter of the Powhatan leader and married
John Rolfe
I. gave Great Britain control over large areas of
North America
J. a Quaker who founded Pennsylvania
Multiple Choice: Choose the letter that represents the best choice. (8 points)
_____11. All of the following were staple crops EXCEPT
A.
B.
C.
D.
Oats
Wheat
Sugar Cane
Barley
_____12. He introduced a better tasting tobacco to Jamestown and helped them get out of debt
A. John Smith
B. John Rolfe
C. John Edwards
D. John Winthrop
______13. The Puritans wanted to purify what church
A. Anglican
B. Catholic
C. Baptist
D. Methodist
______14. Between 1630 and 1640 tens of thousands of Puritans left England. This was known
as the
A.
B.
C.
D.
The Great Migration
The Great Awakening
The Great Immigration
The Great Movement
______15. Who sided with the French during the French and Indian War
A.
B.
C.
D.
Cherokee
Iroquois
Britain
Huron
______16. What company founded Jamestown
A.
B.
C.
D.
Massachusetts Bay Company
London Company
Quaker Company
Plymouth Company
______17. Who was the founder of Connecticut
A. John Winthrop
B. John Smith
C. William Penn
D. Thomas Hooker
______18. How many people were executed during the Salem witch trials
A. 15
B. 47
C. 19
D. 10
Venn Diagram: Fill out the Venn diagram below. Use it to compare slaves to indentured
servants. You need to have three points for all three sections of the diagram (9 points)
19.
Indentured Servants
In
Both
Slaves
Colonial Economics- write the letters below in the blanks that correctly match the idea
below. ( 1 point each)
NE- New England
MC- Middle Colonies
SC- Southern Colonies
______20. Staple Crops
______21. High slave population
______22. Indigo, rice, and tobacco plantations
______23. Shipbuilding
______24. Small family farms
Short Answer: Answer the following questions. You need to write in full sentences. (2
points each)
25. What is the difference between the Puritans and the Separatist?
26. Why did the French and Indiana War start? Who won?
27. How did John Smith improve conditions in Jamestown?
28. Why were sermons like Hands of an Angry God so successful during the Great Awakening?
Essay: Choose one of the two questions to answer. You must have two paragraphs and
each paragraph must have at least five sentences. Be sure to use proper grammar and
spelling.
29. Describe the first Thanksgiving. Be sure to include who was there, why they celebrated, what
they did, how long it lasted, and what food did they eat.
OR
30. What were the two main reasons that colonies were established? Why did people feel like
they had to come to the New World for these two reasons? Give an example of a colony for both
reasons. In that example be sure to talk about who or what group established the colony.
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