Comparing the Colonies Chapter 7 Assessment Comparing the Colonies
The British included people from Germany Holland Ireland Scotland
The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different Governments Languages Origins Resources
Plantations specialized in producing Fine foods Cash crops Dairy cattle Wood furniture
Someone who agreed to work for an employer for a set period of time in order to pay off a debt was called A slave An apprentice An assemblyman An indentured servant
Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect Baptists Catholics Puritans Quakers
Why was Rhode Island founded? As a trade center For religious freedom For large tobacco farms As a place for the poor to settle
Why were the Quakers mistreated in England? They refused to obey laws. They often received special favors from the king. They taught that people overthrow kings by force. They practiced a different religion from most English people.
Which of these was a disadvantage of Maryland as a place to settle? Crops grew poorly. There were no industries. Mosquitoes spread disease. There were no ports for ocean ships.
Why was Georgia founded? To help poor people avoid being jailed for their debts To trade with Spanish colonies To raise taxes from new settlers As a home for former slaves
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The British wanted the area they named New York so that British settlers in New England could… Move westward Trade with the American Indians Practice religious freedom
Two colonies to the east of Lake Erie that offered jobs in the farming and iron mining industries were Massachusetts & Rhode Island Virginia & North Carolina New York & Pennsylvania
Just south of a colony established as a safe place for Quakers was the colony of ____________, established by Lord Baltimore as a safe place for _______________. Virginia; Puritans Maryland; Catholics Pennsylvania; Puritans
The colony of Georgia was founded in part to prevent an invasion of the British colonies by _________ troops moving north from __________. American Indian; Florida Spanish; Florida African American; Africa
Some of the world’s finest fishing grounds were off the coast of the _____________ colonial region. New England Middle South
Which of these colonies is NOT a part of the New England region? New Hampshire New York Massachusetts Bay Rhode Island Connecticut
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