COLONIES HW#1 Read Chapter 4, Section 1: THE NEW ENGLAND COLONIES
1. Who were PURITANS and why did they set up the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
2. What was the GREAT MIGRATION?
3. Who was JOHN WINTHROP?
4. Who was ANNE HUTCHINSON? How did what happened to Anne Hutchison demonstrate how
the Massachusetts Bay Colony dealt with people who had different religious views?
5. Why & how was the colony of Connecticut founded? Define THOMAS HOOKER and
FUNDAMENTAL ORDERS OF CONNECTICUT as part of your answer.
6. Why & how was the colony of Rhode Island founded? Define ROGER WILLIAMS and
TOLERATION (you can look it up in the dictionary) as part of your answer.
7. What was life like in New England?
Define TOWN MEETINGS in your answer.
COLONIES HW#2 Read Chapter 4, Section 2: THE MIDDLE COLONIES.
1. What were PATROONS?
2. Who was PETER STUYVESANT?
3 How did the Dutch colony New Amsterdam become New York, a British colony?
4. Who was the DUKE OF YORK and why was New York named after him?
5. How did New Jersey become a British colony?
6. Why did WILLIAM PENN found the colony of Pennsylvania?
7. Who were the QUAKERS?
8. What is a CASH CROP? What kind of cash crops did they grow in the Middle Colonies?
9. How did the Middle Colonies earn the knick-name the BREADBASKET COLONIES?
COLONIES HW#3 Read Chapter 4, Section 3: THE SOUTHERN COLONIES
1. Where is the MASON DIXON LINE and what does it divide?
2. Why was the colony of Maryland established?
3. Why was the colony of Georgia established?
4. What is a DEBTOR? What could happen to debtors if they could not pay their debts?
5. How did Georgia help act as a buffer between British and Spanish colonies in America?
6. Describe what life was like on a Plantation. Who lived and worked on them? How were they
were run?
7. How was life in the Backcountry south different from life on Tidewater Plantations?
8. What role did slaves play in the economy of the Southern Colonies by 1700?
9. Describe the conditions and mistreatment slaves experienced.
COLONIES HW#4 Read Chapter 4:section 4: ROOTS OF SELF-GOVERNMENT
1. What is MERCANTILISM? Define IMPORTS and EXPORTS as part of your answer.
2. Why did England want to regulate trade in America? How did they benefit from having colonies?
3. What were the NAVIGATION ACTS, and what was their effect on England? What was their
effect on American colonists?
4. What was TRIANGULAR TRADE? (Describe routes taken, goods exported and imported, and
who benefited from engaging in Triangular Trade)
5. What region dominated colonial trade?
6. How / why did American traders disobey the Navigation Acts?
7. What were colonial governments like?
8. Did each colony have a Legislature?
9. Who would usually appoint a colony’s GOVERNOR?
10. Who could vote in colonial elections?
11. What rights/benefits did American colonists enjoy as British subjects?
 In what ways was their liberty limited?
 Whose rights were limited/violated the most?
COLONIES HW#5 Read Chapter 5: Section 1 THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
1. What were European countries competing for in the mid 1700s? Why was France perceived as a
threat to England’s North American colonies?
2. Why did the movement of people into the Ohio Valley lead to conflict between Britain and
France?
3.Who did Native Americans side with-the French or the British?
4. What was the FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR? What did GEORGE WASHINGTON have to do
with the beginning of the war?
5. What was the ALBANY PLAN OF UNION? (Who proposed it? what was its plan? why didn't
it pass? Who objected to it, and why?)
6. Who had more success in the beginning of the war?
How did they eventually win?
7. What was the TREATY OF PARIS (1763)? What were the terms of this treaty?