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13 American Colonies
Unit Test Study Guide
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Why did most of the original colonists settle near oceans or waterways? | it was easier to transport goods |
| What was the name of the Quaker who led a group of settlers to North America for religious freedom and founded the city of Philadelphia? | William Penn |
| English citizens were bailed out of debtors prison and to colonize this colony; which was not well populated due to that colony was a buffer between the Spanish and the English colonies? | Georgia |
| Where was the first PERMANENT English settlement, in North America? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Which colony was settled by the Puritans? | Massachusetts |
| What was the name of the first written Constitution in the 13 colonies? | The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
| What is the name of the leader of the Jamestown settlement? | John Smith |
| What do we call a person who chose to sign a contract, to work for a master for a period of time, in order to repay their passage to North America, and learn a skill? | Indentured Servant |
| What term was used to describe the line of stone markers that separated the Middle Colonies from the Southern Colonies? | Mason-Dixon Line |
| The Jamestown settlement became very profitable after John Rolfe planted what cash crop? | tobacco |
| Which country owned the land West of the Appalachian Mountains/13 English colonies? | France |
| The Pennsylvania Quakers, led by William Penn, practiced religious toleration. This meant that they believed... | all people should be able to freely practice their own religion |
| The Virginia House of Burgesses, established in 1619 by Jamestown colonists was: | the first representative form of government established in the 13 colonies |
| Before John Rolfe came to the Jamestown Colony with tobacco seeds, what was the colony like? | plagued with disease, starvation, and conflict with Native American tribes |
| Which group of Europeans originally settled in the New York region, which was then called New Amsterdam? | Dutch |
| What name was given to wealthy Dutch landowners who were required to get 50 families to live on and farm their plots of land were called: | Patroon |
| What was the Mayflower Compact? | document signed by men on the Mayflower, they agreed to work together and make decisions together, led to self-government in the colonies |
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