Unit 4: English Colonies - Review
1. The colony of Pennsylvania was originally settled by what group?
Quakers
2. What were free blacks NOT allowed to do in the civic life of Colonial America?
Vote
3. Who enforced British law within the colonies?
Governor
4. Market towns were the civic life of the colonies of the Middle Colonies
5. The English Bill of Rights was important to colonist because it
Spelled out the rights they had as English citizens.
6. On whom did the large landowners of the South rely for labor?
Slaves
7. Which colonies specialized in fishing and shipbuilding?
New England
8. For what goods did the Southern colonies depend on the New England colonies?
Manufacturing goods
9. What political body, monitored by colonial governors, made laws for each colony?
Colonial legislatures
10. What was the first permanent English colony established in North America?
Jamestown
11. People of different religions and lifestyles were more accepted in Middle Colonies
12. The colonies became interdependent on one another because of –
Specialization
13. Roanoke Island (Lost Colony) and Jamestown Settlement were similar in that
Economic venture for England
14. What colony was settled by people who had been in debtors’ prisons in England?
Georgia
15. Why did Puritans travel to America?
To practice their religion freely
16. What American colonial region had rocky soil and a jagged coastline?
New England
17. What American colonial region had coastal lowlands and rich farmlands?
Middle Colonies
18. Who worked as caretakers, housekeepers, and homemakers in colonial America?
Women
19. Why was the practice of slavery accepted in the Southern colonies?
Slaves provide cheap labor
20. The women and men who agreed to work without pay in return for their passage to the colonies were called
Indentured servants
21. Describe the society in the Middle Colonies – Many countries and cultures
22. What feature made the Southern colonies unique?
plantations
23. The Mayflower Compact, Fundamental Orders, and town hall meetings all showed the determination of colonist
to
govern themselves and solve their own problems
24. How did England view its North American colonies?
as an economic resource
25. The most inhuman aspect of the triangular trade was the - Middle Passage
26 According to the map, European traders exchanged what materials to obtain slaves? Manufactured Goods
27. Which number area had large plantations?
4
28. What generalization sums up the founding of the English Colonies?
The English colonies were founded by people with different goals from making money to following their
faith.
29. What is the main difference between a plantation owner and small farmer?
Small farmers rely on family as labor and plantation owners rely on indentured servants and slaves.
30. We pledge to “solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one another to covenant…and combine
ourselves under a civil body Politick” under “just and equal laws…for the furtherance of the Glory of God.”
Mayflower Compact
After reading the quote above, what statement is true about religion in early conlonial New England?
Religion dominated many parts of New England Society