Colonial America Test:
SOL: VUS 2 and 3
Name: _______________________________
Per: ____
1.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which is a valid cause as to why the Middle Colonies had such a large middle class?
There was a strong Puritan work ethic found in the region
There was a lot of trade and commerce that took place in the region
There were a lot of plantations in the region
There were tens of thousands of indentured servants in the region.
2.
a.
b.
c.
d.
Which is a valid cause for all of the plantations in the Southern colonies?
There was a lot of free land that the Native Americans sold to the colonist.
There were harsh winters that allowed for a long growing season.
There was an abundance of very arable land of the region
There was an abundance of forests in the region.
3. Which is a valid reason for why the settlement of Plymouth faired so much better than
Jamestown?
a. The settlers of Plymouth had poorer relations with the native Americans
b. The settlers of Plymouth landed at Plymouth just in time to plant their crops.
c. The settlers of Plymouth were searching for religious freedom.
d. The settlers of Plymouth were prepared for the hard work and lifestyle of settlement life.
4. Why did the settlers come to Plymouth?
a. economic fortune
c. to convert the natives to Christianity
b. religious freedom
d. corn
5. Why did the settlers come to Jamestown?
a. economic fortune
c. to convert the natives to Christianity
b. religious freedom
d. corn
6. The introduction of which animal caused many Native Americans to become nomadic?
a. dogs
b. cats
c. cows
d. horses
e. goats
7. What geographic feature made it easier for the middle colonies to have a great deal of trade?
a. the mountainous interiors
b. the region had many natural harbors or ports
c. its heavily forested interior
d. its desert coastline
8. What
was the colonial religious movement that was a social foundation for the American
Revolution?
A Great Migration
B Great Awakening
C Great Schism
D Great Compromise
9. Which accurately describes the colony of Virginia in the 1700s?
a. unfriendly relations with Native Americans
b. most were Catholic
c. many plantations west of the fall lines
d. relied heavily on slaves
10. Which inaccurately describes the colony of Massachusetts in the late 1600s?
a. many small town hall meetings
b. large scale farming (plantations)
c. religiously intolerant
d. strong Puritan work ethic
11. Where was the first elected governmental body in North America created?
a. Virginia
b. Massachusetts
c. Pennsylvania
d. Delaware
12. What was the original name of the first elected governmental body in North America?
a. General Assembly
b. House of Burgesses
c. Mayflower Compact
d. Congress
13. What finally made Jamestown a prosperous business enterprise?
a. cows
b. Virginia Co. of London
c. John Smith
d. tobacco
e. rice
14. What is a prime example of New England’s religious intolerance?
a. the banishment of Roger Williams
b. the deaths of 20 men & women at Salem
c. the banishment of Anne Hutchinson
d. all of the above
15. What did the first settlers of Plymouth sign as a way to govern themselves?
a. the Magna Carta
b. the Godspeed Compact
c. the Mayflower Compact
16. Which came first?
a. the introduction of Africans to North America
c. the Salem Witch Trials
b. the founding of Plymouth
d. Bacon’s Rebellion
17. If you were a Quaker during colonial times you probably lived in . . .
a. Virginia
b. Pennsylvania
c. Massachusetts
d. Georgia
e. Maryland
18. Why was
A
B
C
D
slavery most predominant in the Southern colonies?
Puritan New England outlawed slavery.
Large-scale agriculture required extensive labor.
Quakers excluded Africans from Pennsylvania.
Indentured servants were illegal in Virginia.
19. What incident caused many Southerners to choose slaves over indentured servants?
a. King Phillip’s War
b. Salem Witch Trials
d. Bacon’s Rebellion
d. The Great Awakening
20. The Native Americans had better relations with the French because there were fewer French
settlers taking all their
a. land
b. children
c. gold
d. tepees
21. What was responsible for the deaths of most Native Americans after the Europeans arrived?
a. war
b. malaria
c. syphilis
d. measles, mumps and smallpox
22. What group settled Plymouth?
a. Catholics
b. Baptists
c. Puritans
d. Quakers
23. In which colonial region would you find many Anglicans and wealth based on land
ownership?
a. Southern
b. Middle
c. New England
24. In which colonial region would you find a great deal of trade, a middle class and religious
tolerance?
a. Southern
b. Middle
c. New England
25. In which colonial region would you find religious intolerance, ship building and lumbering?
a. Southern
b. Middle
c. New England
26. New York and Pennsylvania were colonies in the _________________ region.
a. New England
b. Middle
c. Southern
27. Virginia and South Carolina were colonies in the ________________ region.
a. New England
b. Middle
c. Southern
28. Massachusetts and Rhode Island were colonies in the ________________ region.
a. New England
b. Middle
c. Southern
29. The colony of Rhode Island was established as a result of
A persecution by Puritans in Massachusetts.
B Spain’s economic interests.
C overpopulation of Massachusetts.
D a desire to spread the Quaker religion.
30. These types of servants had to work 5-7 years to pay off their debt before they could become
free?
a. Puritans
b. Quakers
c. freed slaves
d. indentured
31. In the triangular trade, molasses came from the Caribbean plantations to the English colonies,
the English colonies sent rum to Africa and Africa sent ____________ back to colonies..
a. silver
b. slaves
c. salt
d. cloth
e. all of the above
32. Which was not a cash crop of the colonial south?
a. cotton
b. tobacco
c. indigo
d. rice
e. all of these were cash crops of the colonial south
33. Who had more in common with each other?
a. Africans and Europeans
b. Europeans and Native Americans
c. Africans and Native Americans d. all of the above
34. Which large group of these Europeans settled in the mountains of Virginia:
a. Scotch-Irish
b. French
c. Dutch
d. Italian
35. Which statement concerning the slave trade is correct?
A. Most of the slaves came from Northern Africa and Africa.
B. Only 5,000 died along the middle passage
C. The English colonies received more slaves than South America
D. A large majority of the slaves ended up in the Caribbean and South America
E. None of the above
Map exercise:
Map 1
36. Location that was founded by the Virginia Company of London.
37. Location that was founded for religious freedom.
38. You would find Religious tolerance here, with lots of Quakers.
39. You would find lot of Anglicans here and also rice plantations.
40. You would find town meetings here and lots of religious intolerance.
Map 2:
41. Massachusetts
42. Virginia
43. New York
44. Pennsylvania
45. South Carolina