Review for 13 Colonies—UNIT 1 RETEST
Use Chapter 3 of your textbook and your Unit 1 materials in your binder to answer the following questions.
YOU WILL RECEIVE 5 POINTS EXTRA CREDIT ON YOUR RE-TEST FOR COMPLETION OF THIS REVIEW.
1. Name the 4 New England Colonies and describe the physical characteristics of
New England:
2. Name the 4 Middle Colonies and describe the physical characteristics of the
Middle Colonies:
3. Name the 5 Southern Colonies and describe the physical characteristics of the
Southern Colonies:
4. What were the chief exports (things they sold) of the New England Colonies?
Middle Colonies? Southern Colonies?
5. According to the theory of mercantilism, the purpose of colonies was to provide
what to the mother country?
6. This was the first written constitution in the New World/colonies.
7. This was the first representative government in the New World/colonies.
8. Why did the Puritans want to leave England?
9. Yet… he was banished from Massachusetts because he believed in separation of
church and state, religious toleration, and fair treatment of Native Americans.
10. And… she was ordered out of Massachusetts by the Puritans because of her
religious beliefs, holding meetings in her home, and that she said, “God had
spoken directly to her”.
11. This was an outlet to the Atlantic Ocean for Pennsylvania before it became its
own colony and it was originally settled by colonists from Sweden.
12. Maryland was a safe haven for what group?
13. This act (law) provided religious freedom for Catholics and Protestants?
14. This colony was to help protect the English colonies from Spanish Florida.
15. Georgia was a refuge for what group?
16. He founded Georgia.
17. Who were the Quakers and what did they believe?
18. Which colony were the Quakers associated with?
19. He started Rhode Island.
20. He started Connecticut.
21. What did the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut do?
22. The Mayflower Compact was associated with which colony?
23. What was the importance of the Mayflower Compact?
24. The New England colonies were mainly founded for what reason?
25. What is indigo and what was it called in the Carolinas?
26. Who started growing tobacco in the colonies (name of the person)?
27. How did tobacco production affect the economy of Jamestown?
28. He founded Pennsylvania.
29. He founded Maryland.
30. List the colonies that were founded for religious freedom.
31. This was the first permanent English settlement.
32. What was the second permanent English settlement?
33. What was the last colony to be established?
34. Another reason why Georgia was founded was to be a buffer between the
colonies and what?
35. He lived with the Pilgrims and taught them how to live in the New World.
36. How did most settlers in North Carolina earn a living?
37. What year was Jamestown founded?
38. List four problems faced by the first settlers at Jamestown.
39. What was the cause of most of the fighting over between the colonial settlers
and Native Americans?
40. How did most Native Americans die as a result of European exploration and
colonization of the Americas?
41. What are the major differences between the New England, Middle, and
Southern colonies caused by?
42. Put the following in the correct chronological order: Virginia House of
Burgesses, Magna Carta, Great Awakening, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut,
Mayflower Compact
Use mostly your Exploration notes as well as your textbook for questions 43-46
43. What two European countries became rivals of England for land in North
America? Why?
44.
What did France want out of the New World (what were their primary goals)?
45.
What did Spain want out of the New World (what were their primary goals)?
46. What did England want out of the New World (what were their primary goals)?
47. What was the trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas called?
48. Study the 13 Colonies Map and know which region each colony belongs to.