U1 Test: Colonial America
Study Guide #1
Name:________________________________________________________________________________________________
1. Define the following terms…
 Virginia Company of London
 Jamestown
 The 3 Gs
 Pilgrims
 Puritans
 Mayflower Compact
 “City on the Hill”
 Quakers
 Religious Diversity
 Act of Toleration
 Egalitarian Society
 House of Burgesses
 Plantation System
 Indentured Servants
 Slavery
 Royal Colony
 Subsistence Farming
 Cash Crops
 Congregational Church
 Anglican Church
 Triangular Trade Route
 Mercantilism
 Columbian Exchange
2. Why did Europeans want to establish colonies in the Americas?
3. Where was the first permanent English Colony and when was it established?
4. Name the colonies in each of the following regions.
New England
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
5. Fill in the following chart on the characteristics of the colonial regions.
Religion
Society
Politics
Economy
New
England
MidAtlantic
Southern
Religion in the Colonies
The Colonial Economy
New England
John Winthrop (MA) City on a ______________
The Triangular Trade
Tell how these regions contributed to the
Triangle Trade
The “Religious Freedom” Myth
Colonies: ___________________
Although the Puritans fled England to escape
religious persecution, but once they were in
America, they rejected people who didn’t believe
what they did in their own communities.
Mid-Atlantic
Southern
Europe:
___________________
Africa:
___________________
Worst Passage of the Triangle
Trade:
___________________________________
Pennsylvania
William Penn
Anglican Church
PORTS: Boston, New York,
Supported by the
Philadelphia,
____________, which means
__________________
Charleston
____________ were paid to
the church.
6. Why was the middle passage the worst passage of the Triangular Trade?
7. Define Columbian Exchange and tell why it is significant.