Colonies test

Question 0

What type of farming did the colonists do in the New England colonies and what does it supply?

Answer 0

They used substinance farming, and it only produced enough to feed their families.

Question 1

What people immigrated to the New England Colonies? How many?

Answer 1

600,000 white from England

300,000 West Africans

Question 2

What were the jobs in the New England colonies that helped supply the economy?

Answer 2

Blacksmith, shoemaker, gunsmiths, furniture (smithies), !!!!!SHIPBUILDERS!!!!!, fishing

Question 3

What religious/ethnic groups immigrated to the middle colonies?

Answer 3

Germany, Netherlands, & lutherans, Presbyterians, Mennonites

Question 4

What type of climate and soil did the middle colonies have?
1. Rocky and cold
Or
2. Fertile and mild

Answer 4

Fertile and mild

Question 5

What cash crops did the middle colonies grow?

Answer 5

Wheat, grain, and they raised livestock

Question 6

What was the economical jobs in the middle colonies?

Answer 6

Iron mills, mining, lumber, small manufacturing

Question 7

In the southern colonies, does England control the immigration?

Answer 7

Yes.

Question 8

What did the southern colonies farm?

Answer 8

Tobacco and rice

Question 9

Did the southern colonies use slaves to farm on plantations?

Answer 9

Yes

Question 10

What were the economics in the southern colonies?

Answer 10

There were no economics, farming was only industry

Question 11

What did the middle passage trade?

Answer 11

Slaves, molasses, and rum

Question 12

What are the slave codes? (ON TEST)

Answer 12

1. Can’t teach slaves how to read or write
2. Slaves cannot leave plantation without written permission
3. ALL whites must enforce the code- (slaves might run away to other plantations if the owner ps were nicer there)

Question 13

What happened in the glorious revolution?

Answer 13

Mary becomes queen and signs the English bill of rights

Question 14

What did the English bill of rights Grant?

Answer 14

1. Basic rights to people
2. Limited power of the King/queen
3. Gave power to the parliament

Question 15

What is mercantilism?

Answer 15

A countries power based on its wealth

Question 16

What are exports?

Answer 16

The sending out of material goods

Question 17

What are imports?

Answer 17

Shipping in goods

Question 18

What did the navigation acts do?

Answer 18

It made Britain control all ports, and
1. Colonies couldn’t use foreign ships
And they
2. Must use english ships

Question 19

What happened with colonial government?

Answer 19

• you could vote for governor/legislation
• you had a trial by jury
• You had a fail punishment
• no high/unfair taxes

Question 20

What are the royal colonies and which states were they in? Name at LEAST three.

Answer 20

-Royal colonies are controlled by the crown

GEORGIA, NEW JERSEY, NORTH CAROLINA, MASSACHUSETTS, NEW YORK, HEW HAMPSHIRE, SOUTH CAROLINA, VIRGINIA

Question 21

What are charter colonies and where are they?

Answer 21

Charter colonies are land grated to settle, and Rhode Island and Connecticut are the two places

Question 22

What are proprietary colonies and where are they located?

Answer 22

-colonies that the land belongs to individuals or groups

Delaware, Maryland, and Pennsylvania

Question 23

What happened during the great awakening?

Answer 23

1642 – Puritans had the first public schools

1636–1st college – Harvard

Question 24

What happened with the British versus France in North America? Provide details.

Answer 24

The French are in the Ohio River Valley – trading with the Indians. The British built forts, and both parties wanted power.

Question 25

In Britain versus France, who is on who’s side?

Answer 25

Half of the Iroquois were on the French side, and half were on the British side.

Question 26

What did Young George Washington do?

Answer 26

After he was a planter/surveyor, governor Dinwiddie goes to George and tells him to go to Ohio River Valley and tell the French they’re trespassing.

Question 27

What was Benjamin Franklin’s plan in 1754?

Answer 27

His plan was the Albany plan- it introduced the idea of one government for all of the colonies.