1. Comparing the Colonies
Chapter 7 Assessment
Comparing the Colonies

2. The British included people from
Germany
Holland
Ireland
Scotland

3. The economies of the colonial regions differed because they had different
Governments
Languages
Origins
Resources

4. Plantations specialized in producing
Fine foods
Cash crops
Dairy cattle
Wood furniture

5. 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

6. Massachusetts Bay was founded to protect
Baptists
Catholics
Puritans
Quakers

7. Why was Rhode Island founded?
As a trade center
For religious freedom
For large tobacco farms
As a place for the poor to settle

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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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20. 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

21. 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

22. 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

23. 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

24. Some of the world’s finest fishing grounds were off the coast of the _____________ colonial region.
New England
Middle
South

25. 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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32. Congratulations! You have completed the Chapter 7 review.
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