History Colonies

Question 1

Who was the pastor that founded a town that grew and became Rhode Island.

Answer 1

Roger Williams

Question 2

The man who was granted land to begin a colony for Catholics

Answer 2

Lord Baltimore

Question 3

Man who founded a town called Hartford, which joined with two other towns to become Connecticut.

Answer 3

Thomas Hooker

Question 4

Man who started a colony where people of any religion would be free to worship as they chose.

Answer 4

William Penn

Question 5

Man who led the first group of settlers to Maryland.

Answer 5

Cecilius Calvert

Question 6

Man who established the colony of Georgia because of his concern for debtors.

Answer 6

James Oglethorpe

Question 7

Had the wealthiest income and owned large landholdings

Answer 7

Upper class

Question 8

Depended on their masters for their daily needs

Answer 8

Lower class

Question 9

Owned some land and few servants or slaves

Answer 9

Middle class

Question 10

Had large homes and kept servants or slaves

Answer 10

Upper class

Question 11

Worked as tradesmen, farmers, shopkeepers, and ship captains.

Answer 11

Middle class

Question 12

Was made up mainly of servants, indentured servants, and slaves.

Answer 12

Lower class

Question 13

Government in which people elect men or women to represent them.

Answer 13

Representative government

Question 14

Religious group that believes people have an “inner light” to guide them; the Society of Friends

Answer 14

Quakers

Question 15

A colony that was directly controlled by the king or ruling monarch

Answer 15

Royal colony

Question 16

One of the first examples of representative government in America

Answer 16

House of Burgesses

Question 17

Meeting of men in which everyone could have a say in decisions and voting would be decided by majority

Answer 17

town meeting

Question 18

A colony that had the king’s permission to choose it’s own governor

Answer 18

proprietary colony

Question 19

An appointed leader who would settle problems, hold trials for people of accused crimes, and collected taxes

Answer 19

justice of the peace

Question 20

The belief that government should not meddle in church matters

Answer 20

separation of church and state

Question 21

Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Connecticut are a part of ___________

Answer 21

New England

Question 22

New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware are a part of ______________.

Answer 22

Middle Colonies

Question 23

Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia are a part of __________

Answer 23

Southern Colonies

Question 24

Bostonian woman who was tried in court and expelled from the Massachusetts colony for teaching heresy

Answer 24

Anne Hutchinson

Question 25

Evangelist who preached in the colonies with a powerful voice during the Great Awakening

Answer 25

George Whitefield

Question 26

Man who wrote a book that made many people think seriously about the evils of slavery

Answer 26

Olaudah Equiano

Question 27

Man who opened the first public library in America

Answer 27

Benjamin Franklin

Question 28

Pastor who led more than three hundred people to Christ during the Great Awakening

Answer 28

Jonathan Edwards

Question 29

What is the difference between dame school and grammar school?

Answer 29

At a dame school, you would learn basic knowledge. Grammar schools were expensive and there you would learn advanced things like, math, writing, Latin, and Greek.

Question 30

What was the first textbook printed in the colonies?

Answer 30

New England Primer

Question 31

What steps did a boy take if he wanted to open his own business or shop in the future?

Answer 31

He would first become an apprentice, then a journey man, then a master trade man.

Question 32

What was one of the most popular furs in the fur-trading industry?

Answer 32

Beaver

Question 33

What were the middle colonies nicknamed because they supplied flour to all the other colonies and to England?

Answer 33

Bread Basket Colonies

Question 34

New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, ship building, fishing.

Answer 34

New England

Question 35

New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, fur trading, trades

Answer 35

Middle colonies

Question 36

New England, Middle Colonies, or Southern Colonies? Farming, transcontinental trade

Answer 36

Southern colonies

Question 37

What were the effects of the Great Awakening?

Answer 37

New Colonies were told about God and freedoms.

Question 38

cash crop

Answer 38

a crop grown for its monetary valued (examples: tobacco, rice, and indigo)

Question 39

diverse

Answer 39

having a variety of opinions, cultures and religious beliefs

Question 40

pamphlet

Answer 40

a short paper on a single subject

Question 41

heresy

Answer 41

a belief that is contrary to Scripture (false teaching)

Question 42

meetinghouse

Answer 42

a building used for town meetings and religious services

Question 43

journeyman

Answer 43

a person who has finished an apprenticeship and is now accomoplished in a trade but is working to become a master in that trade